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Definition of Banner

1. Adjective. Unusually good; outstanding. "A banner year for the company"

2. Noun. Long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising.

3. Noun. A newspaper headline that runs across the full page.

4. Noun. Any distinctive flag.

Definition of Banner

1. n. A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle.

Definition of Banner

1. Noun. A flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation. ¹

2. Noun. Any large sign, especially if constructed of soft material or fabric. ¹

3. Noun. A large piece of silk or other cloth, with a device or motto, extended on a crosspiece, and borne in a procession, or suspended in some conspicuous place. ¹

4. Noun. By extension, a cause or purpose; a campaign or movement. ¹

5. Noun. (journalism) The title of a newspaper as printed on its front page; the nameplate; masthead. ¹

6. Noun. (Internet television) A type of advertisement in a web page or on television, usually taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content. Contrast popup, interstitial. ¹

7. Noun. (heraldry) The principal standard of a knight. ¹

8. Noun. A person etc. who bans something. ¹

9. Adjective. Exceptional; very good. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Banner

1. to furnish with a banner (a type of flag) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Banner

1. 1. A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle. "Hang out our banners on the outward walls." (Shak) 2. A large piece of silk or other cloth, with a device or motto, extended on a crosspiece, and borne in a procession, or suspended in some conspicuous place. 3. Any flag or standard; as, the star-spangled banner. Banner fish, a large fish of the genus Histiophorus, of the Swordfish family, having a broad bannerlike dorsal fin; the sailfish. One species (H. Americanus) inhabits the North Atlantic. Origin: OE. Banere, OF. Baniere, F. Banniere, bandiere, fr. LL. Baniera, banderia, fr. Bandum banner, fr. OHG. Bant band, strip of cloth; cf. Bindan to bind, Goth. Bandwa, bandwo, a sign. See Band. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Banner

bankrupting bankrupts banksia banksia rose banksias bankside banksides banksman banksmen bankster

banksters banlieue banlieues bannable banned banner blindness banner carrier banner carriers banner cloud banner clouds

banner roll bannered banneret bannerets bannerette bannerettes bannering bannerless

Literary usage of Banner

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman (1921)
"SONG OF THE banner AT DAYBREAK Poet OA new song, a free song, Flapping, flapping, flapping, flapping, by sounds, by voices clearer, By the wind's voice and ..."

2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"Well raise that starry banner, boys. Where no power in wrath can face it 1 On ... That flag was won, &c. Hurrah, hurrah ! We'll raise that starry banner ..."

3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1857)
"“For a belt bought for carrying the banner, and for expenses incurred twice at Newcastle, amid towards the march with the banner of St. Cuthbert, ..."

4. Poems of American History by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1908)
"Furl that banner — furl it sadly; Once ten thousands hailed it gladly. ... Cold and dead are lying low; And that banner — it is trailing, While around it ..."

5. Human Nature: A Monthly Record of Zoistic Science and Intelligence (1867)
"THE banner is a large eight-paged newspaper, now in its 19th volume. ... The heading of the first page describes the banner as " a weekly journal of romance ..."

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