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
Lavater, already perhaps despairing of success, but resolved to maintain his reputation for personal courage, likewise spoke in favor of haste, whilst the gray-haired banneret, Tœnig, withdrew his proposal to halt.
From The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli by Johann Jakob Hottinger
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
Meanwhile I present to you Pan Kmita, the banneret of Orsha, of those Kmitas who are related to the Kishkis and through the Kishkis to the Radzivills.
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
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