knight banneret

English

Noun

knight banneret (plural knights bannerets)

1. (law, historical) A knight entitled to subinfeudate his estate and to lead troops under his own banner.

Synonyms

• banneret

Hypernyms

• mesne lord, knight

Translations

Knight entitled to lead men under his own banner

• Dutch: baanderheer (nl) m
• French: banneret (fr) m

  Old French: baneret m

References

• “knight banneret”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.