pennoncel

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13
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19
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9

Definition of pennoncel

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (historical)A small pennon (a thin flag or streamer).
    “Where the raiding parties had once streamed along the highways with fluttering pennoncels, now there were merry bands of pilgrims telling each other dirty stories on the way to Canterbury.”

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Etymology

From Middle English penoncel, from Old French penuncel, diminutive of penon (“pennon”). See pennon, pennant. By surface analysis, pen + French -on (“diminutive”) + Old French -cel (“diminutive”).

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