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banneret

1

[ ban-er-it, -uh-ret ]

noun

  1. History/Historical. a knight who could bring a company of followers into the field under his own banner.
  2. a rank of knighthood; knight banneret.


banneret

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[ ban-uh-ret ]

noun

  1. a small banner.

banneret

/ ˈbænərɪt; -əˌrɛt /

noun

  1. Also calledknight banneret a knight who was entitled to command other knights and men-at-arms under his own banner
  2. a title of knighthood conferred by the king for valour on the battlefield
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of banneret1

1250–1300; Middle English baneret < Old French, equivalent to baner ( e ) banner + -et < Latin -ٳܲ -ate 1

Origin of banneret2

1250–1300; Middle English banerett < Middle French banerete little banner. See banner, -ette
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of banneret1

C14: from Old French banerete a small banner
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Upon the pennons of the knights, penoncels of the squires, and banners of the barons and bannerets, the army formed, or, in modern phrase, dressed its line.

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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.

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The snow-white bannerets are dyed with blood of Moorish slain, And chargers rush all masterless across the littered plain.

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While the curtains are spread out all around, several small green and white bannerets stand at the upper and lower end of the sarcophagus.

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So stout a knight was he, that by his prowess he was made a double banneret, and was worth four thousand pounds in land.

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