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† banneour Obs. Forms: α. 3 baneur, 4 baneour(e, baniour, 5 banneoure, 4–5 banyour(e, banyer(e; β. 5–6 baner(e, 5 baneer. [(α) ME. baneur, -eour, a. AF. baneour = OF. baneor:—late L. *bannātōr-em; also (β) ME. banere, a. OF. banère, nom. case of the same word:—late L. *bannātor; f. bannum, bandum standard: see banner.] A banner-bearer, a standard-bearer. α1297R. Glouc. 361 And slou anon a Englysse man, þat a baner bere, And efsone anoþer baneur, & þe þrydde almest al so. a1300Cursor M. 12723 Sant iohn com als baneur [v.r. baniour, banerere]. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xv. 428 Go bifore As a good baneoure. c1440Promp. Parv. 23 Banyowre or bannerberere, Vexillarius. β1403in Eulogium Hist. (1863) III. 397 Procede, signifer; quod est dictu: ‘anauant baner.’ c1440Generydes 2055 His sonne ser Abell he was baneer. Ibid. 2128 Of his batell he made hym Banere. 1513Douglas æneis (1710) iv. Prol. 180 Ware na baneris for to perys mo. ¶ In OF. or AF. sometimes used in sense of banneret, with fem. baneresse banneret's wife; so in Anglo-Lat. banerus; whence later writers occasionally put banneret for baneour: see banneret 3.
1297[see banneret 1 a.] a1300Langtoft in Excerpta Hist. (1830) i. (Godef.) Li count, et li baneour, et ses bachelers. a1430Christ. de Piz. (Godef.) Plusieurs autres contesses, baneresses, dames, et damoiselles. 1485Instrum. conv. Ord. Brit. in Du Cange s.v. Banneretus, Comites, Barones, Banerii, Baccalarii. |