knight banneret

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knight banneret - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

knight banneret - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  knight banneret
      n 1: 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]