† 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.
| α 1297 R. Glouc. 361 And slou anon a Englysse man, þat a baner bere, And efsone anoþer baneur, & þe þrydde almest al so. a 1300 Cursor M. 12723 Sant iohn com als baneur [v.r. baniour, banerere]. 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. xv. 428 Go bifore As a good baneoure. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 23 Banyowre or bannerberere, Vexillarius. |
| β 1403 in Eulogium Hist. (1863) III. 397 Procede, signifer; quod est dictu: ‘anauant baner.’ c 1440 Generydes 2055 His sonne ser Abell he was baneer. Ibid. 2128 Of his batell he made hym Banere. 1513 Douglas 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.] a 1300 Langtoft in Excerpta Hist. (1830) i. (Godef.) Li count, et li baneour, et ses bachelers. a 1430Christ. de Piz. (Godef.) Plusieurs autres contesses, baneresses, dames, et damoiselles. 1485 Instrum. conv. Ord. Brit. in Du Cange s.v. Banneretus, Comites, Barones, Banerii, Baccalarii. |