banneret

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Pan Humyetski, the banneret of Podolia, gave an example himself which roused tears, for he brought stones with his own hands in a wheelbarrow.

From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

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

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry

OE. baneret, OF. baneret, F. banneret; properly a dim. of OF. baniere.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

True, that was he,—Pan Andrei Kmita, the banneret of Orsha; and he was lying on his back in the wagon.

From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

Her deputies, the burgomaster Roist, the banneret Schweizer and Jost von Knosen, appeared in Aarau with binding instructions.

From The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli by Hottinger, Johann Jakob