knight banneret

American  

noun

plural

knights bannerets

1. banneret.

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knight banneret British  

noun

1. another name for a banneret

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Etymology

Origin of knight banneret

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

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.

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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.

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In June 1497 he was at the battle of Blackheath, and his services in repressing the Cornish rebels were rewarded with a gift of estates and the title of knight banneret.

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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.

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He received several munificent grants of Crown land, and was created chief baron of the exchequer and a knight banneret.

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