pennon

[ pen-uhn ]

noun

1. a distinctive flag in any of various forms, as tapering, triangular, or swallow-tailed, formerly one borne on the lance of a knight.
2. a pennant.
3. any flag or banner.
4. a wing or pinion.

pennon

/ ˈpɛnən /

noun

1. a long flag, often tapering and rounded, divided, or pointed at the end, originally a knight's personal flag
2. a small tapering or triangular flag borne on a ship or boat
3. a poetic word for wing

Other Words From

• pennoned adjective
• un·pennoned adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pennon¹

1325–75; Middle English penon < Middle French, augmentative of Old French pene < Latin penna or pinna feather. See pen ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of pennon¹

C14: via Old French ultimately from Latin penna feather

Example Sentences

If the deal goes ahead, Pennon Group, which owns South West Water will add SES's 750,000 customers to its books.

From BBC

Water utilities Severn Trent and Pennon, and Holiday Inn owner IHG are three of the companies with women in chair roles.

From Reuters

Alix Trevisick works for the Pennon Group, the owners of South West Water, preparing and sterilising equipment.

From BBC

Alix's colleague Jo Ecroyd, the head of inclusion at the Pennon Group, says "any responsible business has a duty" to promote inclusion and "reflect the set-up of the communities that we serve and live in".

From BBC

Sir Robert now stood before them, revealed not as a knight in glittering plate armor with pennon flying from his lance, but as what he had been all along: a grave, punctilious, honest lawyer.

From Slate