Synonyms for pennant
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pen-uh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛn ənt |
Top 10 synonyms for pennant Other synonyms for the word pennant
Définition of pennant
Origin :- 1610s, "rope for hoisting," probably a blend of pendant in the nautical sense of "suspended rope" and pennon. Use for "flag on a warship" first recorded 1690s; "flag symbolizing a sports championship" (especially baseball) is from 1880; as a synonym for "championship" it was first used 1915.
- noun flag, banner
- Commodore Dallas's pennant was flying in the Constellation when I joined her.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- The barge is coming off, Mr. Hardy, with the pennant flying, sir!
- Extract from : « Captain Brand of the "Centipede" » by H. A. (Henry Augustus) Wise
- She's flying the White Ensign and an admiral's pennant, and, yes, a flag of truce.
- Extract from : « The World Peril of 1910 » by George Griffith
- One might almost have thought that they were fighting for the pennant.
- Extract from : « Baseball Joe Around the World » by Lester Chadwick
- There had been the fierce, tense race for the pennant that had strained them to the utmost.
- Extract from : « Baseball Joe Around the World » by Lester Chadwick
- "Reminds me of the dinner we had, after we won the pennant," said Charlie Hall.
- Extract from : « Baseball Joe in the Big League » by Lester Chadwick
- The formal ceremony of hoisting the pennant on the ship to be fitted.
- Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
- When the pennant is half mast, it denotes the death of the captain.
- Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
- A ship where officers and men are paid off, and pennant hauled down.
- Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
- At length the pennant which long had hung up and down the mast, began to move.
- Extract from : « The Three Lieutenants » by W.H.G. Kingston
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