Sc. arch. [f. BANNER sb.1 + MAN.] A standard-bearer, an ensign.
a. 1500[?]. Batt. Harlaw, xxvii. The kingis cheif bannerman was he.
1536. Bellenden, Cron. Scot. (1821), II. 283. He espyit his banerman … trimbland.
1818. Scott, Hrt. Midl., xxx. The renowned Daniel Cameron, our last blessed bannerman.
