Bannerette
a small banner.
historical examples
the old man flourished the flat kid like a bannerette, whilst he arranged the fire.
sea and sardinia d. h. lawrence
noun
a small banner
noun (in the middle ages)
also called knight banneret. a knight who was ent-tled to command other knights and men-at-arms under his own banner
a t-tle of knighthood conferred by the king for valour on the battlefield
n.
c.1300, an order of knighthood, originally in reference to one who could lead his men into battle under his own banner. later it meant one who received rank for valiant deeds done in the king’s presence in battle. also “a small banner” (c.1300).
Read Also:
- Banning
a city in s california, near los angeles. to prohibit, forbid, or bar; interdict: to ban nuclear weapons; the dictator banned all newspapers and books that criticized his regime. archaic. to pr-nounce an ecclesiastical curse upon. to curse; execrate. the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction. informal denunciation or prohibition, as by public opinion: society’s […]
- Bannister's disease
bannister’s disease bannister’s disease ban·nis·ter’s disease (bān’ĭ-stərz) n. see angioneurotic edema.
- Roger bannister
sir roger (gilbert) born 1929, english track and field athlete: first to run a mile in less than four minutes. noun sir roger (gilbert). born 1929, british athlete and doctor: first man to run a mile in under four minutes (1954)
- Bannisters
banister. a bal-ster. sometimes, banisters. the bal-strade of a staircase. historical examples this best of stage seamen since bannisters time was born in 1780, and died only recently. haunted london walter thornbury then up she’d be coming, step by step, houlding on to the bannisters, dot and carry one. the manxman hall caine i slid […]
- Banns
notice of an intended marriage, given three times in the parish church of each of the betrothed. any public announcement of a proposed marriage, either verbal or written and made in a church or by church officials. contemporary examples a source close to zuckerberg has said the timing of the banns was purely coincidental, since […]