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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"The daughter of Pan Yakob Pototski, Elizabeth, from his second wife, a Yazlovyetski, married Pan Yan Smyotanko, banneret of Podolia."
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
I assembled men, as did also Stankyevich and a certain Kmita, the banneret of Orsha, who, as I hear, has already sent a squadron to Kyedani.
From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Her deputies, the burgomaster Roist, the banneret Schweizer and Jost von Knosen, appeared in Aarau with binding instructions.
From The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli by Hottinger, Johann Jakob
For his good services and his personal bravery at the battle of Edgehill, where he retook the royal standard, he was made a knight banneret by Charles I on the field.
From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
The knight banneret, who brought a whole army of vassals to his king’s side, would look with utter scorn from one end of his long table on the poor lackland knights seated at the other.
From La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Michelet, Jules
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