broad pennant

noun

: a flag with a gradual taper ending in a broad swallowtail with the ratio of breadth in the hoist to length in the fly conspicuously greater than in the long pennant

especially : such a flag flown by a commodore in a navy compare broad command pennant, burgee command pennant, command pennant

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