banneret
1 Americannoun
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History/Historical. a knight who could bring a company of followers into the field under his own banner.
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a rank of knighthood; knight banneret.
noun
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Also called: knight banneret. a knight who was entitled to command other knights and men-at-arms under his own banner
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a title of knighthood conferred by the king for valour on the battlefield
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
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On this same banneret, in the midst of his pride and prosperity, there fell a great sorrow.
From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury
Pan Humyetski, the banneret of Podolia, gave an example himself which roused tears, for he brought stones with his own hands in a wheelbarrow.
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
During each of the following days a number of messengers flew from Vodokty to Lyubich, and each returned with the answer that the banneret was "alive yet."
From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
In the universal chaos, in the general terror, people were scattered like leaves in a tempest, and no man knew what had become of the banneret of Orsha.
From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
True, that was he,—Pan Andrei Kmita, the banneret of Orsha; and he was lying on his back in the wagon.
From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
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