# banneret

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbænəɹɪt/

## Definitions
1. Clipping of knight banneret, a knight entitled to subinfeudate his estate and to lead men in battle under his own banner.
2. A small banner.
3. A proposed but unadopted senior commissioned rank of the Royal Air Force equivalent to group captain.
4. A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.

## Etymology
From French banneret, from bannière (“banner”) + -et (“-et, -ette: forming diminutives”). Equivalent to banner + -et.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/banneret