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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a small flag used by surveyors or soldiers to mark a position; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fanion \Fan"ion\, n. [See Fanon.]
   1. (Mil.) A small flag sometimes carried at the head of the
      baggage of a brigade. [Obs.]
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A small flag for marking the stations in surveying.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fanion
    n 1: a small flag used by surveyors or soldiers to mark a
         position