Definitions for bannerets

bannerets ban·ner·et

Spelling: [ban-er-it, -uh-ret]
IPA: /ˈbæn ər ɪt, -əˌrɛt/

Bannerets is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 441 anagrams from letters in bannerets (abeennrst).

Definitions for bannerets

noun

  1. History/Historical. a knight who could bring a company of followers into the field under his own banner.
  2. a rank of knighthood; knight banneret.
  3. a small banner.

Origin of bannerets

1250-1300; Middle English baneret Old French, equivalent to baner(e) banner + -et Latin -ātus -ate1

Examples for bannerets

And ever on the flanks of the hurrying column flew, like a flag or banneret, Tad's little gray riding-cloak.

The banner of the banneret and baron was displayed by the squire.

The peak of this awful spur was just touched by a fleecy cloud that shifted to and fro like a banneret.

At the opposite side of the valley was the Aiguille du Dru, with a banneret of snow streaming from its mighty cone.

banneret, ban′ėr-et, n. a higher class of knight, inferior to a baron.

The banneret and the baron were therefore soldiers of equal authority.

"We owe them the less for their banquet," said the banneret.

When a banneret was created, the general cut off this pendant to render the banner square.

The Pennon, as we have before seen, (p. 95,) was the flag of those knights who had not attained to the dignity of banneret.

The number of men at arms, whom a banneret ought to command, was properly fifty.

Word Value for bannerets
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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