banneret

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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

Scrope, chief justice of K.B., was made a banneret in 14 E. III.

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

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

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

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

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