knight banneret

American  

noun

• knights bannerets
  plural

1. banneret.

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knight banneret British  

noun

1. another name for a banneret

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• knights bannerets
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of knight banneret

First recorded in 1875–80

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Example Sentences

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knight banneret

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

In order to heighten the splendor of that spectacle, he bestowed the rank of knight banneret on twelve persons; and he conferred peerages on three.

From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary by David Hume

No knight banneret," says Selden, of the English custom, "can be created but in the field, and that, when either the king is present, or at least his royal standard is displayed.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various

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.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

The end of the pennon was cut off upon the person being created a knight banneret.

From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous

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