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BANNERET
Etymology
Noun
banneret (plural bannerets)
A noble, knighted feudal lord who has the right to lead his vassals to battle under his own banner
A small banner.
(military, historical) A proposed but unadopted senior commissioned rank of the Royal Air Force equivalent to group captain.
A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.
Synonyms
• (lord): knight banneret
Source: Wiktionary
Ban"ner*et, n.Etym: [OE. baneret, OF. baneret, F. banneret; properly a dim. of OF. baniere. See Banner.]
1. Originally, a knight who led his vassals into the field under his own banner; -- commonly used as a title of rank.
2. A title of rank, conferred for heroic deeds, and hence, an order of knighthood; also, the person bearing such title or rank.
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.
3. A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.
4. A small banner. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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