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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
banderole
 
SYLLABICATION:ban·de·role
PRONUNCIATION:  bnd-rl
VARIANT FORMS: or ban·de·rol also ban·ne·rol (  bn-rl)
NOUN:1. A narrow forked flag or streamer attached to a staff or lance or flown from a ship's masthead. 2. A representation of a ribbon or scroll bearing an inscription.
ETYMOLOGY:French, from Italian banderuola, diminutive of bandiera, banner, from Vulgar Latin *bandria. See banner.
 
 
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