Meaning

4 senses
  1. A person assigned to carry the colours, standards or guidons of a military unit.

  2. A man who belonged to the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty.

  3. A person of Manchu descent.

  4. A samurai in the direct service of the Tokugawa shogunate of feudal Japan, also known as a hatamoto.

Origin

From banner + -man.

From banner + -man.

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Forms

plural: bannermen
Singularbannerman
Pluralbannermen

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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