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   banderole

   /ˈbandərəʊl/

   noun

   • 1. a long, narrow flag with a cleft end, flown at a masthead.
   • ▪ an ornamental streamer on a knight's lance.
   • ▪ a ribbon-shaped stone scroll bearing an inscription.
   • ▪ a rectangular banner carried at the funerals of public figures and placed over the tomb.

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from French, from Italian banderuola, diminutive of bandiera ‘banner’.

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