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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.

[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.]

banner
Noun
1. a long strip of material displaying a slogan, advertisement, etc.
2. a placard carried in a demonstration
3. Also called: (banner headline) a large headline in a newspaper extending across the page
4. an advertisement, often animated, that extends across the width of a web page [Old French baniere]

Banner a body of men or troops who follow a banner; a group of knights.
Example: banner of horse, 1818.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bannerbanner - long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising
flag - emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
2.banner - a newspaper headline that runs across the full page
headline, newspaper headline - the heading or caption of a newspaper article
3.banner - any distinctive flag
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"

banner
noun 1. flag, standard, colours, jack, pennant, ensign, streamer, pennon
noun 2. placard,
Translations
Spanish banner [ˈbænəʳ] nbandera;
(in demonstration) → pancarta

French banner [ˈbænəʳ] nbannière f
German banner [ˈbænəʳ] nBanner nt;
(in demonstration) → Spruchband nt

Italian banner [ˈbænəʳ] nstriscione m

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Bright were the days at Merry Mount, when the Maypole was the banner staff of that gay colony
Their dishonoured representative was driving up from the railway station in a coach- and-four, with music and a banner.
When they see me, when they behold the banner of France, they will rally round me, for they will comprehend that I have your support.
 
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