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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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 Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
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
The number of men at arms, whom a banneret ought to command, was properly fifty.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam
The banner was charged in a manner exactly similar to the shield of the owner, and it was borne by knights banneret and all above them in rank.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various
This disturbed Pan Tomash greatly; hence on a certain evening when they were alone, he said,— "Olenka, tell me sincerely, what do you think of the banneret of Orsha?"
From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
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