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knight banneret

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noun, plural knights bannerets.
  1. banneret1(def 2).
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Origin of knight banneret

First recorded in 1875–80
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Historical Examples

  • It was probably owing to his great wealth that his son was made a knight-banneret, and his grandson became Earl of Suffolk.

    Yorkshire Painted And Described

    Gordon Home

  • According to Le Bel, Douglas had with him the knight-banneret and six others of the most distinguished men of his country.

    The Bruce

    John Barbour

  • Ceremonies on his becoming a knight-banneret, ib.His remarkable generousness, 52.

  • Some fortune was, however, always thought necessary for the support of the dignity of knight-banneret.

British Dictionary definitions for knight banneret

knight banneret

noun plural knights bannerets
  1. another name for a banneret
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