Pennon Definition

pĕnən
noun
A long, narrow, triangular or swallow-tailed flag borne on a lance as an ensign, as formerly by knights and lancers.
Webster's New World
Any flag or pennant.
Webster's New World
A pinion; wing.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Pennon

Noun

Singular:
pennon
Plural:
pennons

Origin of Pennon

  • Middle English from Old French penon streamer, feather of an arrow augmentative of penne feather from Latin penna pet- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Anglo-Norman penun, penoun, from Old French penne (“feather") + -on diminutive suffix.

    From Wiktionary

Pennon Sentence Examples

  • In hand-to-hand fighting before the walls of Newcastle, Douglas is said to have won Sir Henry's pennon, which he swore to fix upon the walls of Dalkeith.

  • The shops were bright with pennon and banner of resplendent colors.

  • Each " man " in the target also holds a pennon for windage.

  • This event is celebrated every June in the ceremony of "Riding the Common" - in which a facsimile of the captured pennon is carried in procession to the accompaniment of a chorus "Teribus, ye Teri Odin," supposed to be an invocation to Thor and Odin - a survival of Northumbrian paganism.

  • The Scots then retreated to Otterburn, where Percy, who was bent on recovering his pennon, attacked them on a fine August evening in 1388.

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Words Starting With

PPEPEN

Words Ending With

NONNON

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pennon

Words Starting With P and Ending With N

Starts With P & Ends With NStarts With PE & Ends With NStarts With P & Ends With ON

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With P6 Letter Words Ending With N