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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: penon, from penne; PEN1

pennon

 noun
     
Related topics: Army, History
pen‧non [countable]
SHPMA a long narrow pointed flag, especially one carried on the end of a long pole by soldiers on horses in the Middle Ages
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