ˈbannerman
[f. banner n.1 + man.]
1. Sc. arch. A standard-bearer, an ensign.
| ? a 1500 Batt. Harlaw xxvii, The kingis cheif bannerman was he. 1536 Bellendene Cron. Scot. (1821) II. 283 He espyit his banerman..trimbland. 1818 Scott Hrt. Midl. xxx, The renowned Daniel Cameron, our last blessed bannerman. |
2. A soldier belonging to any of the eight banners of the Manchu army.
| 1899 Mrs. H. Fraser Dipl. Wife in 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. |