Associations to the word «Banneret»

Wiktionary

BANNERET, noun. A noble, knighted feudal lord who has the right to lead his vassals to battle under his own banner
BANNERET, noun. A small banner.
BANNERET, noun. (military) (historical) A proposed but unadopted senior commissioned rank of the Royal Air Force equivalent to group captain.
BANNERET, noun. A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.

Dictionary definition

BANNERET, noun. A knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca