'Banneret' definitions:
Definition of 'banneret'
From: WordNet
noun
A knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command [syn: knight banneret, knight of the square flag, banneret]
Definition of 'Banneret'
From: GCIDE
- Banneret \Ban"ner*et\, n.[OE. baneret, OF. baneret, F. banneret; properly a dim. of OF. baniere. See Banner.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Originally, a knight who led his vassals into the field under his own banner; -- commonly used as a title of rank. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A title of rank, conferred for heroic deeds, and hence, an order of knighthood; also, the person bearing such title or rank. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The usual mode of conferring the rank on the field of battle was by cutting or tearing off the point of the pennon or pointed flag on the spear of the candidate, thereby making it a banner. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A civil officer in some Swiss cantons. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A small banner. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'banneret'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- and blue,
- bachelor,
- banderole,
- banner,
- baronet,
- Bayard,
- black flag,
- blue ensign,
- bunting,
- burgee,
- caballero,
- cavalier,
- chevalier,
- coachwhip,
- colors,
- companion,
- Dannebrog,
- Don Quixote,
- ensign,
- flag,
- Gawain,
- gonfalon,
- gonfanon,
- guidon,
- house flag,
- jack,
- Jolly Roger,
- knight,
- knight bachelor,
- knight banneret,
- knight baronet,
- knight-errant,
- Lancelot,
- long pennant,
- merchant flag,
- national flag,
- Old Glory,
- oriflamme,
- pennant,
- pennon,
- pennoncel,
- red,
- red ensign,
- Ritter,
- royal standard,
- Sidney,
- signal flag,
- Sir Galahad,
- standard,
- Star-Spangled Banner,
- Stars and Stripes,
- streamer,
- swallowtail,
- tricolor,
- Union Flag,
- Union Jack,
- vexillum,
- white