banneret

noun4

1. •
   A small banner.

   • […] yet the scarfs and the bannerets about thee did manifoldly dissuade me from believing thee a vessel of too great a burthen. — 1604
2. •
   (historical) Clipping of knight banneret, a knight entitled to subinfeudate his estate and to lead men in battle under his own banner.
3. •
   A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.
4. •
   (historical) A proposed but unadopted senior commissioned rank of the Royal Air Force equivalent to group captain.