Banneret

·noun A small banner.

II. Banneret ·noun A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.

III. Banneret ·noun Originally, a knight who led his vassals into the field under his own banner;

— commonly used as a title of rank.

IV. Banneret ·noun A title of rank, conferred for heroic deeds, and hence, an order of knighthood; also, the person bearing such title or rank.