banneret

It consisted of four knights-banneret, fourteen knights-bachelor, and three hundred and sixty-three men-at-arms.

It was probably owing to his great wealth that his son was made a knight-banneret, and his grandson became Earl of Suffolk.

When a banneret was created, the general cut off this pendant to render the banner square.

The number of men at arms, whom a banneret ought to command, was properly fifty.

The peak of this awful spur was just touched by a fleecy cloud that shifted to and fro like a banneret.