banneret

¹ American  

[ban-er-it, -uh-ret] / ˈbæn ər ɪt, -əˌrɛt /

noun

1. History/Historical. a knight who could bring a company of followers into the field under his own banner.

2. a rank of knighthood; knight banneret.

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banneret ² American  

[ban-uh-ret] / ˌbæn əˈrɛt /

Or bannerette

noun

1. a small banner.

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banneret British  

/ ˈbænərɪt, -əˌrɛt /

noun

1. Also called: knight banneret.  a knight who was entitled to command other knights and men-at-arms under his own banner

2. a title of knighthood conferred by the king for valour on the battlefield

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Etymology

Origin of banneret¹

1250–1300; Middle English baneret < Old French, equivalent to baner ( e ) banner + -et < Latin -ātus -ate ¹

Origin of banneret²

1250–1300; Middle English banerett < Middle French banerete little banner. See banner, -ette

Example Sentences

—Selden was of opinion that Baronet was used for Banneret, as may be seen in the following extracts from the second part of Titles of Honor.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 90, July 19, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various

The Banneret was an officer entrusted     with the keeping of the State Banner, and such others as were     taken in battle.

From Wilhelm Tell by Martin, Theodore

I received the goblet from the Prince and handed it to the Banneret, who pledged the Prince and drank to me from the goblet.

From Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. by Freytag, Gustav

Banneret, ban′ėr-et, n. a higher class of knight, inferior to a baron.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Banneret or bachelor, square pennon or forked, I would not give a denier for the difference, and the less since Sir John Chandos, chosen flower of English chivalry, is himself but a humble knight.

From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir