BANERET, OR BANNERET
\bˈanəɹət], \bˈanəɹət], \b_ˈa_n_ə_ɹ_ə_t]\
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In English law. A knight made in the field, by the ceremony of cutting off the point of his standard, and making it, as it were, a banner. Knights so made are accounted so honorable that they are allowed to display their arms in the royal army, as barons do, and may bear arms with supporters. They rank next to barons; and were sometimes called "vcxillarii." Wharton.
By Henry Campbell Black
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