banneret
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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
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 Andrew Macgeorge
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
The banneret put spurs to his horse, and they rode to the height.
From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
On this same banneret, in the midst of his pride and prosperity, there fell a great sorrow.
From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury
