banneret
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OE. baneret, OF. baneret, F. banneret; properly a dim. of OF. baniere.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
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
"Go, incarnate devil, and serve!" muttered the prince, looking at the door through which the banneret of Orsha had passed.
From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
I assembled men, as did also Stankyevich and a certain Kmita, the banneret of Orsha, who, as I hear, has already sent a squadron to Kyedani.
From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
Scrope, chief justice of K.B., was made a banneret in 14 E. III.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam
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