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Banneret: Definition and part of speech

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Banneret

  1. n. A small banner.
  2. n. Originally, a knight who led his vassals into the field under his own banner; — commonly used as a title of rank.
  3. n. A title of rank, conferred for heroic deeds, and hence, an order of knighthood; also, the person bearing such title or rank.
  4. n. A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bannerol: Definition and part of speech

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Bannerol

  1. n. A banderole; esp. a banner displayed at a funeral procession and set over the tomb. See Banderole.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bane: Definition and part of speech

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Bane

  1. v. t. To be the bane of; to ruin.
  2. n. That which destroys life, esp. poison of a deadly quality.
  3. n. Destruction; death.
  4. n. Any cause of ruin, or lasting injury; harm; woe.
  5. n. A disease in sheep, commonly termed the rot.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Baneberry: Definition and part of speech

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Baneberry

  1. n. A genus (Actaea) of plants, of the order Ranunculaceae, native in the north temperate zone. The red or white berries are poisonous.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.