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Banneret

Banneret Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Banneret? [n] a knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command Synonyms \| Synonyms for Banneret: knight banneret \| knight of the square flag Related Terms \| Find terms related to Banneret: and blue \| bachelor \| banderole \| banner \| baronet \| Bayard \| black flag \| blue ensign \| bunting \| burgee \| caballero \| cavalier \| chevalier \| coachwhip \| colors \| companion \| Dannebrog \| Don Quixote \| ensign \| flag \| Gawain \| gonfalon \| gonfanon \| guidon \| house flag \| jack \| Jolly Roger \| knight \| knight bachelor \| knight banneret \| knight baronet \| knight-errant \| Lancelot \| long pennant \| merchant flag \| national flag \| Old Glory \| oriflamme \| pennant \| pennon \| pennoncel \| red \| red ensign \| Ritter \| royal standard \| Sidney \| signal flag \| Sir Galahad \| standard \| Stars and Stripes \| Star-Spangled Banner \| streamer \| swallowtail \| tricolor \| Union Flag \| Union Jack \| vexillum \| white See Also \| knight Banneret In Webster's Dictionary \Ban"ner*et\, n.[OE. baneret, OF. baneret, F. banneret; properly a dim. of OF. baniere. See {Banner}.] 1. Originally, a knight who led his vassals into the field under his own banner; -- commonly used as a title of rank. 2. A title of rank, conferred for heroic deeds, and hence, an order of knighthood; also, the person bearing such title or rank. Note: The usual mode of conferring the rank on the field of battle was by cutting or tearing off the point of the pennon or pointed flag on the spear of the candidate, thereby making it a banner. 3. A civil officer in some Swiss cantons. 4. A small banner. --Shak.

Banneret Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Banneret?

[n] a knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command

Synonyms | Synonyms for Banneret: knight banneret | knight of the square flag

See Also | knight

Banneret In Webster's Dictionary

\Ban"ner*et\, n.[OE. baneret, OF. baneret, F. banneret;
properly a dim. of OF. baniere. See {Banner}.]
1. Originally, a knight who led his vassals into the field
   under his own banner; -- commonly used as a title of rank.

2. A title of rank, conferred for heroic deeds, and hence, an
   order of knighthood; also, the person bearing such title
   or rank.

Note: The usual mode of conferring the rank on the field of
      battle was by cutting or tearing off the point of the
      pennon or pointed flag on the spear of the candidate,
      thereby making it a banner.

3. A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.

4. A small banner. --Shak.

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