streamer

Definition

A long, narrow flag, or piece of material used or seen as a decoration.

Etymology

From Middle English stremer, stremere, equivalent to stream + -er.

Example Sentences

• "Brave Rupert from afar appears, / Whose waving streamers the glad general knows."
• "A second squire held aloft his master's lance, from the extremity of which fluttered a small banderole, or streamer, bearing a cross of the same form with that embroidered upon his cloak."
• "Nothing could well resemble less a typical English street than […] the multifarious awnings, banners, and streamers, […]"

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