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Definition: Banneret |
BanneretNoun1. A knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "banneret" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Banneret One who leads his vassals to battle under his own banner. A knight made in the field was called a banneret, because the chief ceremony was cutting or tearing off the pointed ends of his banner. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: BanneretSynonyms: knight banneret (n), knight of the square flag (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Indication | Insignia; banner, banneret, bannerol; bandrol; flag, colors, streamer, standard, eagle, labarum, oriflamb, oriflamme; figurehead; ensign; pennon, pennant, pendant; burgee, blue Peter, jack, ancient, gonfalon, union jack; banderole, " old glory ", quarantine flag; vexillum; yellow-flag, yellow jack; tricolor, stars and stripes; bunting. |
Nobility | King; (master); atheling; prince, duke; marquis, marquisate; earl, viscount, baron, thane, banneret; baronet, baronetcy; knight, knighthood; count, armiger, laird; signior, seignior; esquire, boyar, margrave, vavasour; emir, ameer, scherif, sharif, effendi, wali; sahib; chevalier, maharaja, nawab, palsgrave, pasha, rajah, waldgrave. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Banneret |
| English words defined with "banneret": knight banneret, Knights bannerets. (references) |
| "Banneret" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Banneret" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 7 | 133,076 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "banneret": knight banneret. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "banneret"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Hebrew | ×"×'לון (pennant, streamer). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | anneretbay.(various references) | |
Romanian | steguleţ. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "banneret": bannerets, bannerette, bannerettes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "banneret" (pronounced 'Ban"ner*et'): Abanet, Abnet, Acquiet, Affret, Aigulet, Alfet, Allecret, Amoret, Amulet, Anet, Angelet, Anklet, Annulet, Antithet, Arboret, Areolet, Aret, Armet, Arm-gret, Armlet, Arseniuret, ASSET, Auget, Ballet, Baphomet, Barbet, Barillet, Baronet, Barouchet, Barret, Barrulet, Bascinet, Basenet, Batlet, Beamlet, Beaufet, Becket, Beet, Beget, Bemeet, Bendlet, Benet, Bennet, Bergeret, Bidet, Bihydroguret, Bilboquet, Birdlet, Bisulphuret, Biuret, Bizet, Blackfeet, Bloodlet, Blushet, Bobbinet, Bockelet, Boneset, Booklet, Bosset, Bouget, Bouquet, Bracelet, Bractlet, Bragget, Branchlet, Breadbasket, Brisket, Brocket, Bromuret, Brooklet, Buck-basket, Budget, Budlet, Bullet, Burgonet, Burnet, Bushet, Busket, Buzzardet, By-street, Cabinet, Cablet, Cabriolet, Cachet, Cacolet, Calumet, Camlet, Camonflet, Cantlet, Canzonet, Capellet, Caponet, Capulet, Carcanet, Castanet, Castlet, Cellaret, Chainlet, Chalet, Chamfret, Chamlet, Chapelet, Chatelet, Chevet, Chewet, Chloruret, Chuet, Circlet, Circulet, Claret, Clarinet, Clicket, Cloudlet, Comet, Congreet, Cordonnet, Cornet, Corollet, Coronet, Corselet, Corslet, Couplet, Court-leet, Coussinet, Coverlet, Cresset, Crevet, Crewet, Crocket, Cronet, Croslet, Cross-crosslet, Cross-garnet, Crownet, Crownlet, Cruet, Crumpet, Cruset, Curiet, Cushionet, Cutlet, Cyanuret, Cygnet, Dactylet, Day-net, Decreet, Deep-fet, Dennet, Deuthydroguret, Deutohydroguret, Deutosulphuret, Devilet, Dewret, Diamagnet, Discreet, Disulphuret, Divet, Docquet, Dogget, Dolphinet, Doquet, Doublet, Dovelet, Dowcet, Drabbet, Dragnet, Dragonet, Drapet, Drawnet, Droplet, Drugget, Duet, Dulcet, Eaglet, Earlet, Eet, Effet, Efreet, Egret, Elanet, Emmet, Encirclet, Epistolet, Esparcet, Estaminet, -et, Evet, Eyalet, Eyasmusket, Eyelet, Falconet, Farfet, Fascet, Faucet, Fazzolet, Fermillet, Feveret, fewmet, Finlet, Fire-set, Flacket, flageolet, Flamelet, Flasket, Flet, flibbertigibbet, floret, Floweret, Forelet, forget, Forlet, Formeret, Fortlet, Fosset, freshet, Frisket, Frislet, Frondlet, frontlet, Fumette, Fustet, Gablet, Gambet, gannet, garret, gasket, Gavelet, Gazet, Geet, Giblet, Gigget, Gimblet, Ginnet, Globulet, Gobet, Goblet, Goglet, Gondolet, Gorgelet, gorget, Goslet, gourmet, Grindlet, grivet, Gromet, grommet, Guillemet, gullet, Gundelet, Gurglet, Gurlet, gusset, Hamlet, Haslet, HATCHET, Heartlet, helpmeet, Herblet, hogget, Honey-sweet, Hooklet, Hoppet, Hornet, Howlet, Hydrocarburet, Hydroguret, Hydrosulphuret, Hydruret, imaret, Incirclet, indiscreet, Inlet, Inquiet, Interset, Involucret, Ioduret, islet, Isuret, Jaconet, jennet, Ket, kinglet, Kismet, Klicket, Labret, Lakelet, lancet, Landaulet, Langret, Languet, Lansquenet, Larget, Latchet, Lavaret, Leafet, leaflet, leveret, Levet, limpet, Linget, linnet, lionet, Liplet, Lobelet, locket, lorikeet, Lunet, Lunulet, Maghet, magnet, mainsheet, Malet, mallet, Mammet, Manchet, Manesheet, mantelet, Mariet, Marmalet, marmoset, Marmozet, Martlet, Masoret, Massoret, Maumet, Mawmet, Medalet, Messet, midget, millet, Millinet, minaret, Minivet, minuet, Miquelet, Miscovet, Misget, misinterpret, Misset, Mollinet, Monosulphuret, Moonet, Moonset, Moppet, motet, Mountainet, Mountlet, Mugget, Murrelet, Muset, Musket, Muslinet, necklet, Newmarket, Nidget, Notelet, Nugget, Nutlet, Nymphet, octet, Odelet, OElet, Offlet, Oillet, omelet, Opelet, Orchanet, Orphanet, Orvet, Osselet, Outjet, Outset, Outstreet, Overget, Overwet, Owlet, Oxysulphuret, Pantalet, Parapet, Partlet, Pea-jacket, Peerweet, Percarburet, Perjenet, Phosphuret, Pianet, Pickpocket, Piculet, Piet, Pillaret, Pinnet, Pistolet, Placet, Placket, Planchet, Planet, Plantlet, Plashet, Pledget, Plumelet. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-n-n-r-t" | |
-2 letters: banner, bannet, banter, beaten, beater, bennet, berate, entera, neaten, neater, rebate, rennet, tanner, tenner. | |
-3 letters: anent, antre, arete, benne, beret, brant, brent, eaten, eater, enate, enter, ranee, rente, taber, terne, treen. | |
-4 letters: abet, ante, bane, bare, barn, bate, bean, bear, beat, been, beer, beet, bene, bent, beta, brae, bran, brat, bree, bren, earn, erne, etna, nabe, near, neat, nene, rant, rate, rent, rete, tare, tarn, tear, teen, tern, tree. | |
-5 letters: ane, ant, arb, are, art, ate, ban, bar, bat, bee, ben, bet, bra, ear, eat, era, ere, ern, eta, nab, nae, nan, neb, nee, net, ran, rat, reb, ree, ret, tab, tae, tan, tar, tea, tee, ten. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-e-n-n-r-t" | |
+1 letter: bannerets. | |
+2 letters: bannerette, barkentine. | |
+3 letters: bannerettes, barkentines, barquentine, bicentenary. | |
+4 letters: barquentines, betweenbrain, concelebrant, interminable, subterranean, unreturnable. | |
+5 letters: betweenbrains, bicentenaries, concelebrants, cybernetician, embranglement, intermembrane, mountebankery, nondeliberate, nonfilterable, nonreturnable, subgeneration, transmembrane. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 61 6E 6E 65 72 65 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .- -. -. . .-. . - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100001 01101110 01101110 01100101 01110010 01100101 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B a n n e r e t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0061 006E 006E 0065 0072 0065 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3667808071847186 |
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