Obs. [Sp. abanderado or banderado, ‘an Ensignes seruant which carrieth the ensigne for his master’ Minsheu, 1623, f. bandera a banner.]
1598. Barret, Theorike of Warres, ii. i. 21. If he deliuereth his [Ensign] vnto his Abanderado,… the rest are to do the like. Ibid. The Abanderados are vsed to be souldiers, and some do set their owne seruants to that office.
