bannermann.
1. Scottish. archaic. A standard-bearer, an ensign.
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banner-bearerc1440
standard-bearerc1453
stander bearerc1475
bannerman?a1500
gonfanonera1500
bannereta1513
pendant bearer1552
ancient-bearer1579
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gonfalonier1586
guidon1591
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ancient1600
porte-guidon1656
vexillary1656
pennona1661
colour sergeant1813
?a1500 Batt. Harlaw xxvii The kingis cheif bannerman was he.
c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. xii. xi. f. 179/2 He espyit his baner man..trimbland.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian v, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 112 The renowned Daniel Cameron, our last blessed bannerman.
2. A soldier belonging to any of the eight banners of the Manchu army.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by nationality > [noun] > Manchu
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1899 M. C. Fraser Diplomatist's Wife Japan II. 133 Shinno-Shiko nodded to his green bannermen to slay them.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 17 Dec. 7/3 The Manchu ‘Bannermen’ (soldiery) of Pekin.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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