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Vexilloid" is a term used tenuously to describe vexillary (flag-like) objects used by countries, organizations, or individuals as a form of representation other than
flags.
Whitney Smith coined the term in 1958, defining it as:
"Vexilloid" can be used in a broader sense of any
banner (vexillary object) which is not a flag (that is, taking only Smith's first sentence into account). Thus it includes
vexilla,
banderoles,
pennons, streamers,
standards, and
gonfalons.