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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From French banneret, from bannière (“banner”) + -et (“-et, -ette: forming diminutives”). Equivalent to banner + -et.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbænəɹɪt/, /ˌbænəˈɹɛt/
Noun
banneret (plural bannerets)
- (law, historical) Clipping of knight banneret: a knight entitled to subinfeudate his estate and to lead men in battle under his own banner.
- A small banner.
c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :[…] yet the scarfs and the bannerets about thee did manifoldly dissuade me from believing thee a vessel of too great a burthen.
1953, C. S. Lewis, chapter 6, in The Silver Chair, Collins, published 1998:His armor and his horse were black; there was no device on his shield and no banneret on his spear.
- (military, historical) A proposed but unadopted senior commissioned rank of the Royal Air Force equivalent to group captain.
1936, The Periodical, volumes 21-22, Oxford University Press, page 67:A list of new titles was manufactured as follows: Ensign, Lieutenant, Flight-Leader, Squadron-Leader, Reeve, Banneret, Fourth-Ardian, Third-Ardian, Second-Ardian, Ardian, Air Marshal. […O]ne may regret “Banneret”, which has a flavour and associations, more especially as the leader of a formation in the air went into battle flying a streamer which formed a rallying mark as did the banner of the knight for his vassals.
- A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.
Translations
proposed but not officially adopted rank
civil officer in some Swiss cantons
See also
French
Etymology
From bannière + -et, see bannière, English banner.
Pronunciation
Noun
banneret m (plural bannerets)
- banneret (nobleman)
Further reading
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
banneret n
- definite singular of banner
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
banneret n
- definite singular of banner