banneret
/ban-er-it, -uh-ret/US // ˈbæn ər ɪt, -əˌrɛt //UK // (ˈbænərɪt, -əˌrɛt) //
旗手,旗帜,旗袍,旄头
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n.名词 noun
- 1
- : History/Historical. a knight who could bring a company of followers into the field under his own banner.
- : a rank of knighthood; knight banneret.
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Examples
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.
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