banneret
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Hans Edlebach, the treasurer Werdmueller, the banneret Schweizer, and of the younger men, Ulric Funk and Lavater, landvogt at Kyburg, enjoyed universal esteem.
From The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli by Johann Jakob Hottinger
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 Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Froissart relates the manner in which the celebrated Sir John Chandos was made banneret by the Black Prince before the battle of Navarete.
From Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. by Andrew Macgeorge
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
Meanwhile Korsak sent his banneret, Byeganski, to Prostki to inform the advancing army every hour of what was taking place in the camp.
From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
