Definition of "pennon" [pen•non]

• A long narrow banner or streamer borne upon a lance. (noun)
• A pennant, banner, or flag. (noun)
• A pinion; a wing. (noun)

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• "The soldiery of the Rhinegrave have mutinied, plucked down the banners of their master, and set up an independent ensign, which they call the pennon of St. Nicholas, under which they declare that they will maintain peace with God, and war with all the world."
• "The great standard, in the Maiden's wars, was to be used for the rallying of all her host; the pennon was a signal to those who fought around her, as guards of her body; and about the banner afterwards gathered, for prayer and praise, those men, confessed and clean of conscience, whom she had called and chosen."
• "A band of about thirty spearmen, with a pennon displayed before them, winded along the indented shores of the lake, and approached the causeway."