pennant Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the award given to the champion
    crown.
  2. noun a flag longer than it is wide (and often tapering)
  3. noun a long flag; often tapering
    pennon; streamer; waft.

WordNet

Pen"nant noun
Etymology
OE. penon, penoun, pynoun, OF. penon, F. pennon, fr. L. penna feather. See Pen a feather, and cf. Pennon, Pinion.
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) (a) A small flag; a pennon. The narrow, ∨ long, pennant (called also whip or coach whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission. The board pennant is an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of a commodore's vessel. "With flags and pennants trimmed." Drayton. (b) A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.

Webster 1913