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

²

or ban·ner·ette

[ 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

Word History and Origins

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of banneret¹

C14: from Old French banerete a small banner

Example Sentences

Så banneret på Twitter lørdag, troede ikke mine egne øjne.

From New York Times

OE. baneret, OF. baneret, F. banneret; properly a dim. of OF. baniere.

From Project Gutenberg

Chandos, Sir John, made banneret, 31.

From Project Gutenberg

Having mentioned this old poem—in which the arms of every banneret in the English army are accurately blazoned—it may be interesting to give one of the opening verses, as an example of the Norman French of the period— "La ont meinte riche garnement Brode sur cendeaus et samis, Meint beau penon en lance mis, Meint baniere desploie."

From Project Gutenberg

In England that of a duke was seven yards in length, of a banneret four and a half, and of a knight-bachelor four yards.

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