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

The inscription, partly missing, is on a ledger-line,— ✠ John Arundell Knyght of ye Bath and Knyght Banneret Recey ... ye Duchye of Cornewall ffirst Ma ...

From The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West by Rogers, William Henry Hamilton

The name Banneret, which once marked a partially-created Baron—a Baron who had passed his military "little go"—is now, under the modification of Baronet, applicable to any one favoured by wealth or interest or party feeling.

From Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Spencer, Herbert

The Banneret was an officer intrusted with the keeping of the state banner, and such others as were taken in battle.

From Wilhelm Tell by Schiller, Friedrich

Pan Banneret of Orsha, I grieve that the Radzivills are losing a man like you, for with such men much might be done.

From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

What," exclaimed Gaston, "would I see my Knight Banneret, the youngest Knight in the army, with paltry pennon!

From The Lances of Lynwood by Yonge, Charlotte Mary