pennon

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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 • Mar. 25, 2019

They brought with them a gift for the Belgian Society of Napoleonic Studies: a pennon of the Imperial Guard, carried from the battlefield 138 years ago.

From Time Magazine Archive

I have never touch'd her hand; When the arriere-ban goes through the land, Six basnets under my pennon stand;— Ah! qu'elle est belle La Marguerite.

From A Selection from the Poems of William Morris by Morris, William

Her dress, her banner and pennon, were inquired about.

From Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages by Various

Seest thou yon pennon Furl'd from the turret, floating on the verge Of that still, sedgy shore?— duke.

From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by Roby, John