— pendragonish , adj. — pendragonship , n.
/pen drag"euhn/ , n.
the supreme leader: the title of certain ancient British chiefs.
[ 1470-80; Uthyrpendragun Uther Pendragon, taken as Medieval Welsh pen ( n ) head + * dragun dracones, pl. of DRACO military standard, L: serpent, DRAGON (hence, chief or head standard), though the compound is unattested in Welsh sources outside of translations of Geoffrey of Monmouth ]