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fanion

[ fan-yuhn ]

noun

  1. a small flag, originally carried by military brigades, used by soldiers and surveyors as a positional marker.


fanion

/ ˈfænjən /

noun

  1. a small flag used by surveyors to mark stations
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fanion1

1700–10; < French, diminutive of fanon fanon
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fanion1

C18: from French, from fanon maniple, of Germanic origin
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Example Sentences

She said the affair began two months earlier and that Fanion didn’t want to get divorced because it would affect his pension, Fox 6 Springfield reported.

“There was only one way to enjoy his retirement, to go on with his life and his new love affair and that was to murder Amy Fanion,” Sandstrom said, according to the station.

But defense attorney Jeffrey Brown read a letter in court from Amy Fanion’s family, saying they don’t believe he killed her, the station reported.

Hampden County prosecutor Mary Sandstrom told a judge that Fanion was cheating on his wife at the time of her death.

Amy Fanion, 51, died of a gunshot wound to the head in May 2018.

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