banneret
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During each of the following days a number of messengers flew from Vodokty to Lyubich, and each returned with the answer that the banneret was "alive yet."
From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
For his good services and his personal bravery at the battle of Edgehill, where he retook the royal standard, he was made a knight banneret by Charles I on the field.
From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
The number of men at arms, whom a banneret ought to command, was properly fifty.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam
"Serene great mighty banneret of Orsha!" cried he, bowing in the doorway.
From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
But this distinction, however it elevated the banneret, gave him no claim to military command, except over his own dependents or men at arms.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam
