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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
banner [ˈbænəʳ] nbandera;
(in demonstration) → pancarta

banner [ˈbænəʳ] nbannière f

banner [ˈbænəʳ] nBanner nt;
(in demonstration) → Spruchband nt

banner [ˈbænəʳ] nstriscione m

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 lippu bannière נֶס झंडा vojnički stijeg zászló bendera flagg, fáni bandiera 齋?旗) vėliava karogs panji banier militærflagg/-fane sztandar estandarte drapel стяг zástava, štandarda prapor vojna zastava baner, fana ธงทหาร sancak прапор; знамено فوجی جھنڈا ngọn cờ
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 banderolli banderole דֶגֶל बैनर transparent transzparens panji áróðursborði striscione 横断幕 깃발 transparantas transparents sepanduk spandoek fane, banner, stor plakat, transparent transparent cartaz banner; pancardă (de pânză) знамя transparent transparent transparent banderoll ป้ายประกาศบนผืนผ้า pankart 橫幅 транспарант جھنڈا، علم، نشان ، اشتہاری جھنڈا biểu ngữ


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