Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Milit., a small flag carried with the baggage of a brigade.
- noun A small flag for a surveying-station.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mil.), obsolete A small flag sometimes carried at the head of the baggage of a brigade.
- noun A small flag for marking the stations in surveying.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
small flag used for marking positions, especially bysoldiers andsurveyors .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small flag used by surveyors or soldiers to mark a position
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Examples
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The eclectic choice of words used in the three-round final - including 'oribi' and 'zoeal', which are explained below, as well as 'bumbazed' and 'fanion' - shows how technical a high-level game can be.
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The idea is that the sacred object was the lance itself, decorated with a silk fanion, but later the meaning of the lance was lost and the silk fanion itself came to be seen as the important object.
Archive 2007-07-15 de Brantigny........................ 2007
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The idea is that the sacred object was the lance itself, decorated with a silk fanion, but later the meaning of the lance was lost and the silk fanion itself came to be seen as the important object.
l'Oriflamme de Brantigny........................ 2007
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They're not words you hear every day - but to Scrabble champions, spelling out 'bumbazed' (which means bemused or befuddled) or 'fanion' (a small flag) is the equivalent of landing a right hook.
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sionnach commented on the word fanion
1. small flag used in surveying.
2. cloth worn on a priest's arm, used for handling holy vessels
October 21, 2007
Logophile77 commented on the word fanion
Is it a synonym of pennant?
December 10, 2017
qms commented on the word fanion
Surveyors come always in twos.
The head man is careful to choose
A jolly companion
To plant the last fanion
Then off to the pub and the booze.
November 2, 2018