Definition of Bannerets. Meaning of Bannerets. Synonyms of Bannerets

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Definition of Bannerets

Banneret
Banneret 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.

Meaning of Bannerets from wikipedia

- antiquaries of the 17th century the banneret is understood as a medieval curiosity though they gave rise to the idea that bannerets were the origin of King James...
- Bannerets, by reason of the banners which each raised in his district. By the end of the 14th century the Conservators, had succeeded the Bannerets,...
- Look up banneret in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A banneret, or knight banneret, was a medieval knight who led a company of troops during time of...
- The Order of the Knights Bannerets was a French knighthood mentioned in a biography of Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Baronet (1570-1631) by Thomas Smith...
- Sir John Seymour, Knight banneret (c.  1474 – 21 December 1536) was an English soldier and a courtier who served both Henry VII and Henry VIII. Born into...
- Testard or Coëtredrez. These are all Breton families. Les chevaliers bannerets du duché de Bretagne au XVème siècle also refers to other families of...
- Standard at the Battle of Edgehill, a deed for which he was made a knight banneret by King Charles I on the field of battle. John Smith, born in 1616 at Skilts...
- knight bachelor while a knight fighting under his own banner was a knight banneret. Some knights were familiar with city culture or familiarized with it during...
- pre-modifying terms. It was also suggested that RAF colonels might be entitled "bannerets" or "leaders". However, the rank title based on the Navy rank was preferred...
- leaders of the past generation". Among them were 90–120 great lords and bannerets killed, including three dukes (Alençon, Bar and Brabant), nine counts...