banneret noun¹. ['banǝrɪt] Also (as a title) Banneret. ME.
[Old French banerez, (later) -et, ult. formed as BANNER noun¹.]
Hist.
1. (Also knight banneret) Orig., (the title of) a knight able and entitled to bring vassals into the field under his own banner (esp. a French rank). Later, (the title of) a person on whom a knighthood was conferred on the field for valour in the king's presence; hence as a rank or order of knighthood. ME.

2. = BANNERER. LME.

3. A title borne by certain officers in some of the Swiss cantons and Italian republics. L17.

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banneret noun². ['banǝrɪt] Also bannerette [banǝ'rɛt]. ME.
[Old French banerete dim. of baniere: see BANNER noun¹, -ETTE.]
A small banner.

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