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banner
(Journalism) The title of a newspaper as printed on its front page; the nameplate; masthead.
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  1. (Journalism) The title of a newspaper as printed on its front page; the nameplate; masthead.
  2. (Internet, television) A type of advertisement in a web page or on television, usually taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content. Contrast popup, interstitial.
  3. A piece of cloth bearing a design, motto, slogan, etc., sometimes attached to a staff and used as a battle standard
pennant
Any such flag symbolizing a championship, esp. in baseball
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  1. Any such flag symbolizing a championship, esp. in baseball
  2. The championship symbolized by such a flag.
  3. Any long, narrow, usually triangular flag, as used in naval signal hoists, for a school banner, etc.
streamer
A long narrow strip of material used for ornament or decoration.
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  1. A long narrow strip of material used for ornament or decoration.
  2. Any long, narrow strip of cloth, colored paper, ribbon, etc., hanging loose at one end
  3. A newspaper headline across the full page; banner
banderole
A representation of a ribbon or scroll bearing an inscription.
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  1. A representation of a ribbon or scroll bearing an inscription.
  2. A little banner, flag, or streamer.
  3. A narrow flag or pennant, esp. one attached to a lance or carried at the masthead of a ship
banner
A piece of cloth bearing a motto or legend, as of a club.
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  1. A piece of cloth bearing a motto or legend, as of a club.
  2. (Internet, television) A type of advertisement in a web page or on television, usually taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content. Contrast popup, interstitial.
  3. A piece of cloth bearing a design, motto, slogan, etc., sometimes attached to a staff and used as a battle standard
banneret
(Military, historical) A proposed but unadopted senior commissioned rank of the Royal Air Force equivalent to group captain.
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  1. (Military, historical) A proposed but unadopted senior commissioned rank of the Royal Air Force equivalent to group captain.
  2. A noble, knighted feudal lord who has the right to lead his vassals to battle under his own banner
  3. A feudal knight ranking between a knight bachelor and a baron, who was entitled to lead men into battle under his own standard.
color
Vividness or variety in expression:
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  1. Vividness or variety in expression:
  2. Any color other than black, white, or gray; chromatic color: color is distinguished by the qualities of hue (as red, brown, yellow, etc.), lightness (for pigmented surfaces) or brightness (for light itself), and saturation (the degree of intensity of a hue)
  3. Color charge.
ensign
A standard or banner, as of a military unit.
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  1. A standard or banner, as of a military unit.
  2. A flag or banner; specif., a national flag, as one displayed on a ship
  3. A national flag displayed on ships and aircraft, often with the special insignia of a branch or unit of the armed forces.
flag
A strip of cloth worn by players in : a person carrying the ball is considered down when an opponent snatches his or her flag
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  1. A strip of cloth worn by players in : a person carrying the ball is considered down when an opponent snatches his or her flag
  2. Any of various wild irises with flat fans of sword-shaped leaves and white, blue, or yellow flowers
  3. A piece of cloth, usually rectangular, of distinctive color and design, used as a symbol, standard, signal, or emblem.
jack
Any of various machines used to lift, hoist, or move something heavy a short distance
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  1. Any of various machines used to lift, hoist, or move something heavy a short distance
  2. (Hunting) A torch or light used to attract fish or game at night
  3. (Games) A game played with a set of small six-pointed metal pieces and a small ball, the object being to pick up the pieces in various combinations.
oriflamme
The red or orange-red flag of the Abbey of Saint Denis in France, used as a standard by the early kings of France.
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  1. The red or orange-red flag of the Abbey of Saint Denis in France, used as a standard by the early kings of France.
  2. The ancient royal standard of France, a red silk banner with flame-shaped streamers
  3. An inspiring standard or symbol.
pennant
(Sports) A flag that symbolizes the championship of a league, especially a professional baseball league.
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  1. (Sports) A flag that symbolizes the championship of a league, especially a professional baseball league.
  2. (Nautical) A long, tapering, usually triangular flag, used on ships for signaling or identification.
  3. A flag or an emblem similar in shape to a ship's pennant.
standard
Something, such as a practice or a product, that is widely recognized or employed, especially because of its excellence.
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  1. Something, such as a practice or a product, that is widely recognized or employed, especially because of its excellence.
  2. The proportion of pure gold or silver and base metal prescribed for use in coinage
  3. (--- Mil.) The colors of a cavalry unit
streamer
A long narrow strip of material used for ornament or decoration.
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  1. A long narrow strip of material used for ornament or decoration.
  2. Any long, narrow strip of cloth, colored paper, ribbon, etc., hanging loose at one end
  3. A column of light shooting across the sky in the aurora borealis.
Find another word for pennon. In this page you can discover 16 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for pennon, like: banner, pennant, streamer, flag, banderole, banner, banneret, color, ensign, flag and jack.

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

  • But the creation is almost the self-same with that in the old French ceremonies by the solemn delivery of a banner charged with the arms of him that is to be created, and the cutting of the end of the pennon or streamer to make it a square or into the shape of a banner in case that he which is to be created had in the field his arms on a streamer before the creation."

  • But the banner of the banneret always implied a more or less extensive command, while every knight was entitled to bear a pennon and every squire a pencel.

  • If this were granted, the heralds were called to cut publicly the tails from his pennon: or the commander, as a special honour, might cut them off with his own hands.

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