banneret
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The Knight Banneret is a title conferred in time of war, under the unfurled royal standard.
From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor
Another Carlaverock Banneret, Robert de Scales, whom the chronicler declares to have been both “handsome and amiable” as well as gallant in action, had “six escallops of silver on a red banner.”
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.
The Banneret was an officer intrusted with the keeping of the state banner, and such others as were taken in battle.
From Wilhelm Tell by Schiller, Friedrich
—Selden was of opinion that Baronet was used for Banneret, as may be seen in the following extracts from the second part of Titles of Honor.
From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 90, July 19, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various
In another room stood the distinguished Knight Banneret, Philip Sydenham of Brympton in Somersetshire.
From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor
