Home › Words › B › banneretbanneret/ˈbænəɹɪt/banneret means A small banner.banneret is pronounced /ˈbænəɹɪt/.EtymologyFrom French banneret, from bannière (“banner”) + -et (“-et, -ette: forming diminutives”). Equivalent to banner + -et.nounA small banner.e.g.“[…] yet the scarfs and the bannerets about thee did manifoldly dissuade me from believing thee a vessel of too great a burthen.” — c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] A proposed but unadopted senior commissioned rank of the Royal Air Force equivalent to group captain.A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bannerette 88% match — A banneret; a small banner. vs banneret →banderole 68% match — A little banner, flag, or streamer. vs banneret →pencel 65% match — A small pennon; a little banner, flag, or streamer. vs banneret →bannered 63% match — Decorated with a banner or banners. vs banneret →baronetcy 63% match — The rank of a baronet. vs banneret →bebannered 62% match — Decorated with a banner or banners. vs banneret →pennoncel 62% match — A small pennon (a thin flag or streamer). vs banneret →bannerer 61% match — Synonym of bannerman (“person assigned to carry the colours, etc. of a military unit”). vs banneret →