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Definition of Pennant
1. Noun. The award given to the champion.
2. Noun. A flag longer than it is wide (and often tapering).
3. Noun. A long flag; often tapering.
Generic synonyms: Flag
Specialized synonyms: Pennoncel, Pennoncelle, Penoncel
Definition of Pennant
1. n. A small flag; a pennon. The narrow, or long, pennant (called also whip or coach whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission. The board pennant is an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of a commodore's vessel.
Definition of Pennant
1. Noun. A flag normally used by naval vessels to represent a special condition. ¹
2. Noun. (sports) A flag representing the winning of a competition. ¹
3. Noun. A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pennant
1. a long, narrow flag [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pennant
Literary usage of Pennant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1895)
"The moiety held by the Yonge family was purchased by John pennant, ... pennant,
who was a whig, was re-elected without opposition in 1768 and 1774. ..."
2. Who's who by Henry Robert Addison, Charles Henry Oakes, William John Lawson, Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen (1897)
"Archibald Charles Henry Douglas-pennant, JP Lillingstone, ... 1 Hans Place, SW
Douglas-pennant, Hon. Margaret, d. of 2nd Baron Penrhyn; b. 1886. ..."
3. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1842)
"pennant thus describes the species: 'Squirrel with plain ears; ... pennant states
that Governor Loten informed him that they lived much in the cocoa-trees, ..."
4. Transactions by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1830)
"Some Observations on the Habits and Character of the Natter-Jack of pennant, with
a List of Reptiles found in Cambridgeshire. BY THE REV. ..."
5. Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: Comprizing Biographical by John Nichols, Samuel Bentley (1814)
"I am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant, T. pennant. ... In consequence of
the honour your Lordship did me in mentioning my name to Mr. pennant, ..."
6. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"In the RN, a pennant, M'hiff, or Whip is flown at the masthead, ... A commodore
flies a Broad pennant at the main or fore, according to his class : all of a ..."
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