'Knight banneret' definitions:
Definition of 'knight banneret'
(from WordNet)
noun
A knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command [syn: knight banneret, knight of the square flag, banneret]
Definition of 'Knight banneret'
From: GCIDE
- Knight banneret \Knight" ban"ner*et\; pl. Knights bannerets. A knight who carried a banner, who possessed fiefs to a greater amount than the knight bachelor, and who was obliged to serve in war with a greater number of attendants. The dignity was sometimes conferred by the sovereign in person on the field of battle. [1913 Webster]