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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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
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 Henryk Sienkiewicz
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
"The banneret of Orsha, Kmita; and with whom am I speaking?"
From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
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
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