Banneret synonyms

băn'ə-rĕt'

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banderole
A representation of a ribbon or scroll bearing an inscription.
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banner
A flag
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color
(In the plural) A standard or banner.
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ensign
A national flag displayed on ships and aircraft, often with the special insignia of a branch or unit of the armed forces.
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jack
(Informal, archaic) a Jack Tar, a sailor
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oriflamme
The red or orange-red flag of the Abbey of Saint Denis in France, used as a standard by the early kings of France.
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pennant
(Sports) A flag that symbolizes the championship of a league, especially a professional baseball league.
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pennon
A long, narrow, triangular or swallow-tailed flag borne on a lance as an ensign, as formerly by knights and lancers
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standard
The definition of a standard is something established as a rule, example or basis of comparison.
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streamer
A long, narrow flag, or piece of material used or seen as a decoration.
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substitute (related)
(Sports) A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so.
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knight-banneret
A mediaeval knight who led troops under his own banner.
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knight of the square flag
a knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command
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Banneret Sentence Examples

  • His son and heir, another Sir John, admiral of the king's navy in the north, was a banneret who displayed his banner in the army that laid siege to Calais.

  • The main divisions of the army were distributed under the royal and other principal standards, smaller divisions under the banners of some of the greater nobility or of knights banneret, and smaller divisions still under the pennons of knights or, as in distinction from knights banneret they came to be called, knights bachelors.

  • But the banner of the banneret always implied a more or less extensive command, while every knight was entitled to bear a pennon and every squire a pencel.

  • The bachelor and the banneret were both equally knights, only the one was of greater distinction and authority 3 Du Cange, Dissertation, xxi., and Lancelot du Lac, among other romances.

  • It was his function also to display and guard in battle the banner of the baron or banneret or the pennon of the knight he served, to raise him from the ground if he were unhorsed, to supply him with another or his own horse if his was disabled or killed, to receive and keep any prisoners he might take, to fight by his side if he was unequally matched, to rescue him if captured, to bear him to a place of safety if wounded, and to bury him honourably when dead.

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