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

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banneret

His son and heir, another Sir John, admiral of the king’s navy in the north, was a banneret who displayed his banner in the army that laid siege to Calais.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various

Hans Edlebach, the treasurer Werdmueller, the banneret Schweizer, and of the younger men, Ulric Funk and Lavater, landvogt at Kyburg, enjoyed universal esteem.

From The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli by Johann Jakob Hottinger

So stout a knight was he, that by his prowess he was made a double banneret, and was worth four thousand pounds in land.

From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Eugene Mason

At the opposite side of the valley was the Aiguille du Dru, with a banneret of snow streaming from its mighty cone.

From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by John Tyndall

"They are not sleeping, they are bustling like bees in a hive," answered the banneret.

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