banner

ban·ner  (bnr)

n.

1.

a. A piece of cloth attached to a staff and used as a standard by a monarch, military commander, or knight.

b. The flag of a nation, state, or army.

2. A piece of cloth bearing a motto or legend, as of a club.

3. A headline spanning the width of a newspaper page.

4. Botany See standard.

adj.

Unusually good; outstanding: a banner year for the company.

tr.v. ban·nered, ban·ner·ing, ban·ners Informal

To give a banner headline to (a story or item) in a newspaper.

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[Middle English banere, from Old French baniere, from Vulgar Latin *bandria, from Late Latin bandum, of Germanic origin; see bh-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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banner [ˈbænə]

n

1. a long strip of flexible material displaying a slogan, advertisement, etc., esp one suspended between two points

2. a placard or sign carried in a procession or demonstration

3. something that represents a belief or principle a commitment to nationalization was the banner of British socialism

4. (History / Heraldry) the flag of a nation, army, etc., used as a standard or ensign

5. (History / Heraldry) (formerly) the standard of an emperor, knight, etc.

6. (Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) Also called banner headline a large headline in a newspaper, etc., extending across the page, esp the front page

7. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) an advertisement that extends across the width of a web page

8. (History / Heraldry) a square flag, often charged with the arms of its bearer

vb

(Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) (tr) (of a newspaper headline) to display (a story) prominently

adj

US outstandingly successful a banner year for orders

[from Old French baniere, of Germanic origin; compare Gothic bandwa sign; influenced by Medieval Latin bannum ban¹, bannīre to banish]

bannered  adj

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Banner a body of men or troops who follow a banner; a group of knights.

Example: banner of horse, 1818.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	banner - long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising streamer flag - emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
	2.	banner - a newspaper headline that runs across the full page streamer headline, newspaper headline - the heading or caption of a newspaper article
	3.	banner - any distinctive flag standard flag - emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design oriflamme - a red or orange-red flag used as a standard by early French kings
Adj.	1.	banner - unusually good; outstanding; "a banner year for the company" superior - of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students"

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banner

noun flag, standard, colours, jack, placard, pennant, ensign, streamer, burgee, pennon, banderole, fanion, gonfalon A big banner was draped across one of the streets.

Translations

banner [ˈbænəʳ]

A. N (= flag) → bandera f; (= placard) → pancarta f

B. CPD banner ad N (Internet) → banner m
banner headlines NPL → grandes titulares mpl

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banner [ˈbænə^r] n

(= flag) → bannière f
under the banner of sth (in support of sth) → sous les étendards de qch

(on web page) → bannière f Web
banner headline n (in newspaper) → gros titre m

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banner

n → Banner nt (also fig); (in processions) → Transparent nt, → Spruchband nt

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banner [ˈbænəʳ] n → stendardo, bandiera; (with slogan) → striscione m

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banner [ˈbænəʳ] n → stendardo, bandiera; (with slogan) → striscione m

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banner

n banner [ˈbӕnə]

1 a military flag. banier رايَه، عَلَم знаме prapor fane; banner das Banner λάβαρο bandera, estandarte (riigi-, sõjaväe)lipp بیرق؛ پرچم viiri bannière נֶס झंडा vojnički stijeg zászló bendera flagg, fáni bandiera 旗 군기 vėliava karogs panji banier militærflagg/-fane sztandar estandarte drapel стяг zástava, štandarda prapor vojna zastava baner, fana ธงทหาร sancak 軍旗 прапор; знамено فوجی جھنڈا ngọn cờ 旗

2 a large strip of cloth bearing a slogan etc Many of the demonstrators were carrying banners. baniere شِعار плакат transparent banner; stor plakat das Spruchband, das Transparent πανό pancarta loosung پارچه نوشته juliste banderole דֶגֶל बैनर transparent transzparens panji áróðursborði striscione 横断幕 현수막 transparantas transparents sepanduk spandoek fane, banner, stor plakat, transparent transparent cartaz banner; pancardă (de pânză) знамя transparent transparent transparent banderoll ป้ายประกาศบนผืนผ้า pankart (口號)旗幟 транспарант جھنڈا، علم، نشان ، اشتہاری جھنڈا biểu ngữ 横幅