单词 | to join the banner of |
释义 | > as lemmasto join the banner of a. A piece of stout cloth, attached by one side to the upper part of a long pole or staff, and used as the standard of an emperor, king, lord, or knight, under (or after) which he and his men marched to war, and which served as their rallying-point in battle; hence, that of a country, nation, army, or company. Phrases: to join the banner of, follow the banner of. In the literal sense, now chiefly historical; in poetry and elevated prose, applied to the standard or flag of a country; common in figurative expressions.Heraldically, a banner means a square or quadrangular flag, displaying the arms of the person in whose honour it is borne, and varying in size from that of an emperor, six feet square, to that of a knight banneret, three feet square. In this sense we still commonly speak of the banners of the Knights of the Garter, in St. George's Chapel, Windsor. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > insignia > [noun] > flag, banner, or standard senyec900 beaconOE markOE banner?c1225 here-markec1275 ensignc1400 standard?a1439 standard1497 armory1523 flag1530 handsenyie1545 ancient1554 labarum1563 antsign1571 ensign-staff1707 brattach1828 society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [noun] > banner > of king or country banner?c1225 society > armed hostility > military service > make into soldier [verb (transitive)] > serve (a commander) servec1380 to stand under ——a1525 to join the banner of1864 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 221 Schrift..is gumfainuner & bereð þe banere biforn algodes ferde. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 541 The burgeis..arerde tueie baners, & wende hom vorth iarmed. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 12913 As baner borne be-for þe king. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1552 In thy temple I wol my baner honge. 1528–30 tr. T. Littleton Tenures (new ed.) f. xiii To bere the kynges baner. 1611 Bible (King James) Song of Sol. vi. 4 Terrible as an armie with banners . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. v. 1 Hang out our Banners on the outward walls, The Cry is still, they come. View more context for this quotation 1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxv. 45 To fight under the banners of their enemies. 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad i. 21 I sing the Mariner who first unfurl'd An eastern banner o'er the western world. a1842 T. B. Macaulay Armada Our glorious semper eadem, the banner of our pride! The freshening breeze of eve unfurled that banner's massy fold. 18.. F. S. Key 'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave! 1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry xviii. 222 Banners were in use in the middle ages at sea, as well as on land. 1864 J. C. Curtis Elem. Hist. Eng. 121 A number joined the banner of a Scotch knight named Wallace. < as lemmas |
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