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banneret
(encz) | banneret,praporek n: Zdeněk Brož |
Banneret
(gcide) | Banneret \Ban"ner*et\, n.[OE. baneret, OF. baneret, F. banneret;
properly a dim. of OF. baniere. See Banner.]
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1. Originally, a knight who led his vassals into the field
under his own banner; -- commonly used as a title of rank.
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2. A title of rank, conferred for heroic deeds, and hence, an
order of knighthood; also, the person bearing such title
or rank.
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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.
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3. A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.
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4. A small banner. --Shak.
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banneret
(wn) | banneret
n 1: a knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square
banner and to hold higher command [syn: knight banneret,
knight of the square flag, banneret] |
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knight banneret
(encz) | knight banneret, n: |
Banneret
(gcide) | Banneret \Ban"ner*et\, n.[OE. baneret, OF. baneret, F. banneret;
properly a dim. of OF. baniere. See Banner.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Originally, a knight who led his vassals into the field
under his own banner; -- commonly used as a title of rank.
[1913 Webster]
2. A title of rank, conferred for heroic deeds, and hence, an
order of knighthood; also, the person bearing such title
or rank.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
3. A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.
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4. A small banner. --Shak.
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Knight banneret
(gcide) | Knight banneret \Knight" ban"ner*et\; pl. Knights bannerets.
A knight who carried a banner, who possessed fiefs to a
greater amount than the knight bachelor, and who was obliged
to serve in war with a greater number of attendants. The
dignity was sometimes conferred by the sovereign in person on
the field of battle.
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Knights bannerets
(gcide) | Knight banneret \Knight" ban"ner*et\; pl. Knights bannerets.
A knight who carried a banner, who possessed fiefs to a
greater amount than the knight bachelor, and who was obliged
to serve in war with a greater number of attendants. The
dignity was sometimes conferred by the sovereign in person on
the field of battle.
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knight banneret
(wn) | knight banneret
n 1: a knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square
banner and to hold higher command [syn: knight banneret,
knight of the square flag, banneret] |
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