pennant

  • 1Pennant — may refer to: * Pennon (or pennant), a narrow, tapering flag commonly flown by ships at sea: ** Pennant (commissioning), the traditional sign of a warship, flown from its masthead while the ship is in commission ** Broad pennant, flown from the… …

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  • 2Pennant — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Pennant puede referirse a: Thomas Pennant: naturalista galés del siglo XVIII Jermaine Pennant: Futbolista Inglés. Obtenido de Pennant Categoría: Wikipedia:Desambiguación …

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  • 3Pennant — Pen nant, n. [OE. penon, penoun, pynoun, OF. penon, F. pennon, fr. L. penna feather. See {Pen} a feather, and cf. {Pennon}, {Pinion}.] (Naut.) (a) A small flag; a pennon. The {narrow pennant}, or {long pennant} (called also whip or coach whip) is …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4Pennant — bezeichnet: folgende Personen: Jermaine Pennant (* 1983), englischer Fußballspieler Thomas Pennant (1726–1798), walisischer Naturwissenschaftler, Ornithologe und Altertumsforscher folgende Produkte: Pennant, ein 1924 1925 hergestelltes US… …

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  • 5Pennant — Pennant, Thomas, geb. 1726 zu Downing in Flintshire; studirte die Rechte, legte sich aber bes. auf Naturgeschichte u. Antiquitäten u. machte Reisen in mehre Länder Europas; die Zwischenzeit brachte er auf seinem Landgute Downing zu u. st. 1798.… …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 6Pennant — Pennant, Thomas, Zoolog, s. Penn …

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  • 7pennant — 1610s, rope for hoisting, probably a blend of PENDANT (Cf. pendant) (q.v.) in the nautical sense of suspended rope and PENNON (Cf. pennon). Use for flag on a warship first recorded 1690s; flag symbolizing a sports championship (especially… …

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  • 8pennant — *flag, ensign, standard, banner, color, streamer, pendant, pennon, jack …

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  • 9pennant — [n] flag, banner banderole, bunting, burgee, color, decoration, emblem, ensign, jack, pennon, screamer, standard, streamer; concepts 260,473 …

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  • 10pennant — ► NOUN 1) a tapering flag flown at the masthead of a ship in commission. 2) a long triangular or swallow tailed flag. 3) N. Amer. a flag identifying a sports team, club, etc. ORIGIN blend of PENDANT(Cf. ↑pendant) and PENNON(Cf. ↑P) …

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