banneret : Idioms & Phrases

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knight banneret

  • noun a knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command
    knight of the square flag; banneret.
WordNet
Knight" ban"ner*et
Wordforms
plural Knights bannerets
Definitions
  1. 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.
Webster 1913