banneret
Example Sentences
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In England that of a duke was seven yards in length, of a banneret four and a half, and of a knight-bachelor four yards.
From Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. by Macgeorge, Andrew
At the battle of Edge Hill he retook the standard from the Cromwellians, and for this act of personal valor he was made a knight banneret by the king on the field.
From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
The banner was charged in a manner exactly similar to the shield of the owner, and it was borne by knights banneret and all above them in rank.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various
Pan Humyetski, the banneret of Podolia, gave an example himself which roused tears, for he brought stones with his own hands in a wheelbarrow.
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Her deputies, the burgomaster Roist, the banneret Schweizer and Jost von Knosen, appeared in Aarau with binding instructions.
From The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli by Hottinger, Johann Jakob
