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banneret
1[ ban-er-it, -uh-ret ]
noun
- History/Historical. a knight who could bring a company of followers into the field under his own banner.
- a rank of knighthood; knight banneret.
banneret
2[ ban-uh-ret ]
noun
- a small banner.
banneret
/ -əˌrɛt; ˈbænərɪt /
noun
- Also calledknight banneret a knight who was entitled to command other knights and men-at-arms under his own banner
- a title of knighthood conferred by the king for valour on the battlefield
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Origin of banneret1
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Origin of banneret1
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Example Sentences
It consisted of four knights-banneret, fourteen knights-bachelor, and three hundred and sixty-three men-at-arms.
It was probably owing to his great wealth that his son was made a knight-banneret, and his grandson became Earl of Suffolk.
When a banneret was created, the general cut off this pendant to render the banner square.
The number of men at arms, whom a banneret ought to command, was properly fifty.
The peak of this awful spur was just touched by a fleecy cloud that shifted to and fro like a banneret.
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