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Canton vs Banneret - What's the difference?

canton | banneret |

As a proper noun canton

is guangzhou (a city of china).

As a noun banneret is

a noble, knighted feudal lord who has the right to lead his vassals to battle under his own banner.

canton

English

(wikipedia canton)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Alternative forms

* kanton

Noun

(en noun)
  • A division of a political unit.
  • * Davies
    • that little canton of land called the "English pale"
  • * Bishop Burnet
    • There is another piece of Holbein's, in which, in six several cantons , the several parts of our Saviour's passion are represented.
  • # One of the states comprising the Swiss Confederation.
  • # A subdivision of an arrondissement of France.
  • # A division of Luxembourg, Bosnia and Herzegovina, etc.
  • A small community or clan.
  • A subdivision of a flag, the rectangular inset on the upper hoist (i.e., flagpole) side (e.g., the stars of the US national flag are in a canton).
  • (heraldiccharge) A division of a shield occupying one third of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
  • * Evelyn
    • The king gave us the arms of England to be borne in a canton in our arms.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To delineate as a separate district.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A song or canto.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Write loyal cantons of contemned love.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    banneret

    English

    Alternative forms

    * bannerette (banner only)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A noble, knighted feudal lord who has the right to lead his vassals to battle under his own banner
  • A small banner.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (military, historical) A .
  • * 1936 , The Periodical (), volumes 21–22, page 67
    • A list of new titles was manufactured as follows: Ensign'', ''Lieutenant'', ''Flight-Leader'', ''Squadron-Leader'', ''Reeve'', ''Banneret''''', ''Fourth-Ardian'', ''Third-Ardian'', ''Second-Ardian'', ''Ardian'', ''Air Marshal''. [â€ĤO]ne may regret “' Banneret ”, which has a flavour and associations, more especially as the leader of a formation in the air went into battle flying a streamer which formed a rallying mark as did the banner of the knight for his vassals.
  • A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.

    • Synonyms

    * (lord) (l)

    See also

    * (l) ----