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Definition: Pennant |
PennantNoun1. The award given to the champion. 2. A flag longer than it is wide (and often tapering). 3. A long flag; often tapering. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pennant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
Etymology: Pennant \Pen"nant\, noun. [from Old English expression penon, penoun, pynoun, Old French penon, French pennon, from the Latin expression penna feather. See Pen feather, and compare to Pennon, Pinion.]. (references) |
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Food & Agriculture | Handling wire connecting warp to bridle and allowing the bridle to by-pass the otter board when shooting or hauling the gear. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geography | Blocked symbol placed on the wind shaft, representing a value of 5 barbs. One pennant represents 50 knots. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Pennant The common legend is, that when Tromp, the Dutch admiral, appeared on our coast, he hoisted a broom on his ship, to signify his intention of sweeping the ships of England from the sea; and that the English admiral hoisted a horsewhip to indicate his intention of drubbing the Dutch. According to this legend, the pennant symbolises a horsewhip, and it is not unfrequently called "the whip." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A pennant is a distinguishing flag flown by naval or merchant vessels to indicate the presence of a commodore or admiral. In the United States Navy, a pennant is also flown over the national colors during religious services. Unlike the triangular pennant, most national and departmental flags are rectangular; the national flag of Nepal and the state flag of Ohio in the U.S. are the only notable modern flags to be a variation of the standard pennant.---
In baseball, a pennant is a commemorative flag flown by the champion of a league, and has come to refer to the league championship itself.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Pennant."
Synonyms: PennantSynonyms: crown (n), pennon (n), streamer (n), waft (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Indication | Insignia; banner, banneret, bannerol; bandrol; flag, colors, streamer, standard, eagle, labarum, oriflamb, oriflamme; figurehead; ensign; pennon, pennant, pendant; burgee, blue Peter, jack, ancient, gonfalon, union jack; banderole, " old glory ", quarantine flag; vexillum; yellow-flag, yellow jack; tricolor, stars and stripes; bunting. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Pennant |
| English words defined with "pennant": ahead ♦ Broad pennant, Burgee ♦ Cross of the resurrection ♦ Distinguishing pennant ♦ in the lead ♦ leading ♦ pennoncel, pennoncelle, penoncel, Pynoun. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "pennant": Flag, Flags ♦ Merry Dun of Dover. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "pennant": Pynoun. (references) |
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Screenplays | He got me a little pennant, a hot dog and a beer (Barney Miller; writing credit: Danny Arnold) Free admission for anyone who was actually alive the last time the Indians won the pennant. (Major League; writing credit: David S. Ward) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Thomas Pennant Esq. / Wills pinxt. Hopwood sculpt. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Captain Karl Poehlmann, Commander of the Bremerton Group of the Pacific Reserve Fleet, accepts Missouri into his custody, during decommissioning ceremonies at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, 26 February 1955. Missouri's Commanding Officer, Captain James R. North, is in the center, holding her final commissioning pennant. At left the ship's Executive Officer, Commander William Davis. Rear Admiral Homer N. Wallin, Commander of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, is between Commander Davis and Captain North. Credit: NAVY. |
 | SDCS James R. Dawson presents the commissioning pennant to her last Commanding Officer, Captain Leonard M. Nearman, following the hauling down of the ship's colors during her decommissioning ceremonies, at Long Beach, California, 13 February 1970. Credit: NAVY. |  | Ship's baseball team, who were the 1917-1918 Pennant winners in the Navy Yacht League at Brest, France. Credit: NAVY. |
 | 19th Century photograph of an artwork, probably of the ship in Chinese waters during her cruise around the World, circa 1879-80. She is flying a Commodore's "broad pennant" at her mainmast peak, presumably that of Commodore Robert W. Shufeldt. Credit: NAVY. |  | Another pennant for the Orioles. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Philadelphia "Athletics", American League pennant winners, "1929". Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Pittsburgh Pirates who are playing for the 1905 pennant. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Put the pennant beside the flag--Both spell victory United States Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation / / Carey Print Lith. N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Put the pennant beside the flag--Both spell victory United States Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet Corporation / / Carey Print Lith. N.Y. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Pennant" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 95.29% of the time. "Pennant" is used about 85 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 95.29% | 81 | 36,835 |
| Noun (proper) | 4.71% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 85 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "pennant" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Pennant | Last name | 200 | 37,174 |
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| Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | Pennant International Group Plc |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "pennant": board pennant ♦ broad pennant ♦ Convoy pennant ♦ Distinguishing pennant ♦ long pennant ♦ narrow or long pennant ♦ narrow pennant. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "pennant": Llanfihangel-y-pennant. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
pennant | 52 | bound homeward pennant | 3 |
east pennant | 10 | frame pennant | 3 |
pennant string | 9 | pennant personalized | 3 |
pennant flag | 9 | alliance pennant | 3 |
pursue the pennant | 6 | line pennant | 2 |
college pennant | 6 | pennant banner | 2 |
commissioning pennant | 6 | chicago cub pennant | 2 |
baseball pennant | 5 | merchandise pennant | 2 |
food pennant | 5 | pattern pennant | 2 |
the giant win the pennant | 5 | high hills pennant school | 2 |
pennant race | 5 | broad pennant | 2 |
sports pennant | 3 | college felt pennant | 2 |
pennant boat | 3 | yankee pennant | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "pennant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | varëse (hanger, holdfast, peg, pendant, suspension, suspensor), stringël (bagatelle, bauble, bibelot, bijouterie, charm, curio, falderal, frippery, gaud, knick knack, Nick nack, pendant, rattletrap, trinket), flamur sinjalizimi, flamur i garave. (various references) | |
Arabic | علم مثلث الشكل عادة, علم للبطولات الرياضية. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | вимпел (streamer), знаменце емблема на шампионат. (various references) | |
Chinese | 旆 (streamer), 旛 , 信号旗. (various references) | |
Czech | praporeèek, vlajka (color, colour, flag, pennon). (various references) | |
Danish | vimpel (barb, feather), trekant (triangle), standart (standard), indhaler, fane (flag, standard). (various references) | |
Dutch | wimpel (flag, standard), verbindingsdraad, vaandel (flag, standard), vaan (banner, flag). (various references) | |
Farsi | پرچم سه گوش(penon), پرچم دم چلچله ای , قلاب (Buckle, Clasp, Crampon, Creel, Frog, Grapple, Hank, Hook, Link, Tach, Uncus). (various references) | |
Finnish | viiri (standard, streamer). (various references) | |
French | flamme (pennon), fanion. (various references) | |
German | Wimpel (banderol, bunting), Stander (standard). (various references) | |
Greek | σήμα (badge, banderol, banderole, sign, signal, trademark), μικρή σημαία, πλάγια σημαία, επισείων, λάβαρο (banner, flag, pennon), ανεξάρτητο σύρμα, τριγωνική σημαία. (various references) | |
Hebrew | "'לון (banneret, streamer), "'ל (banner, division, ensign, flag, standard). (various references) | |
Hungarian | árbocszalag (pendant, pennon, streamer), zászló (banner, bunting, ensign, flag, standard), jelzőzászló (flag, marker, pendant, pennon, waft). (various references) | |
Indonesian | panji-panji (banner, standard). (various references) | |
Italian | penzolo (hanger), tira su, stendardo (banner, flag, standard), fiamma (blaze, flambe, flame, heat, streamer), bandierina, bandiera di segnalazione, banderuola (banderole, weathercock, weathervane). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 錦旗 (gold-brocade flag), ペトリ皿 (pedometer, penalty, penalty area, penalty box, penalty goal, penalty kick, penicillin, penicillin anaphylaxy, penicillin shock, penis, pennant race, pepper, peppermint, pepsin, peptide, petri dish, petrofood, petroleum, PG), チフス菌 (a channel, chaff, chalk, Chalmers, champion, champion flag, championship belt, chance, channel, channelling, chapel, chapter, charge, charity, Charleston, charm, charm point, charming, chart, chart file, charter, chat, chattering, child, child seat, chime, China, Chinese, Chinese collar, chunk, church, key-bounce, Mandarin collar, most attractive feature, opportunity, self-challenge, Tchaikovsky, Tibet, trying hard to do something, typhoid bacillus, zipper), 吹貫き (streamer), 吹貫 (streamer), 吹流し (streamer), 吹き流し (streamer). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ペナント , チャン"オンフラッグ (champion flag), き"き (article made of gold, gold plate, gold-brocade flag, Kinki, pleasure, taboo), ふきながし (streamer), ふきぬき (stairwell, streamer). (various references) | |
Manx | soiechiontys (colour, colour flag, standard). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ennantpay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | galhardete, flâmula (banderol, banderole, burgee, pennon, streamer), estandarte (banner, ensign, flag, guidon, standard), brinco da malheta, bandeirola (banderol, banderole, pennon, picket, streamer), bandeira oblíqua. (various references) | |
Romanian | flamurã (banner, pendant, streamer), fanion (flag, Guidon, pennon). (various references) | |
Russian | вымпел (banderol, banderole, pendant, streamer). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | prvo mesto u ligi, zastavica (banderole, pennon), za prvo mesto. (various references) | |
Spanish | gallardete (burgee, pennon, streamer), estandarte (banner, flag, standard). (various references) | |
Swedish | vimpel (banderol, ensign, pennon, streamer). (various references) | |
Turkish | flandra (banderol, banderole, waft), flama (flag, Guidon, pennon, streamer), bayrak (banner, colors, ensign, flag, oriflamme, pennon, standard), şampiyonluk forsu, şampiyonluk (championship), alev (blaze, fire, flame, spunk). (various references) | |
Turkmen | wympel (r). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | вимпел (banderol, banderole, pennon, streamer, whiff), прапорець (bannerette, flag, pennon). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "pennant": pennants. (additional references) | |
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"Pennant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Penand, penang, penant, penat, pennanted, pennanti, pennat, Pennaunt, pennent, penneth, Pennina, Pennink, Pennino, penn'nrth, pennut, pinan, prenant, punan. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "pennant" (pronounced pe"nunt) |
| 5 | -e" n u n t | lieutenant, tenant. |
| 4 | -n u n t | abstinent, complainant, component, consonant, contaminant, continent, covenant, immanent, imminent, impertinent, determinant, dissonant, dominant, eminent, exponent, incontinent, indignant, malignant, opponent, permanent, pertinent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prominent, proponent, recombinant, remnant, repugnant, resonant, ruminant, semipermanent, stagnant, subcontinent. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complaisant, complement, compliant, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contentment, contestant, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immigrant, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, percipient, persistent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, pronouncement, propellant, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-n-n-n-p-t" | |
-2 letters: anent, panne, paten, penna. | |
-3 letters: ante, etna, nape, neap, neat, pane, pant, pate, pean, peat, pent, tape, tepa. | |
-4 letters: ane, ant, ape, apt, ate, eat, eta, nae, nan, nap, net, pan, pat, pea, pen, pet, tae, tan, tap, tea, ten. | |
-5 letters: ae, an, at, en, et, na, ne, pa, pe, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-n-n-n-p-t" | |
+1 letter: pennants. | |
+3 letters: nepenthean, nonpayment, trepanning, unpregnant. | |
+4 letters: nonpayments, nonpregnant, perennating, perennation, unrepentant. | |
+5 letters: antispending, nonoperating, pantechnicon, perennations, phenanthrene, transpontine. | |
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