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Banner Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Banner? [n] long strip of cloth for decoration or advertising [n] a newspaper headline that runs across the full page [adj] of headlines; spanning the width of the page; "banner headlines" [adj] unusually good; outstanding; "a banner year for the company" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Banner: big \| large \| streamer \| streamer \| superior Related Terms \| Find terms related to Banner: and blue \| arch \| atrocity story \| badge \| banderole \| bang-up \| banner head \| banneret \| battle hymn \| black flag \| bloody shirt \| blue ensign \| blue-ribbon \| bunting \| burgee \| capital \| caption \| cardinal \| central \| champion \| character \| characteristic \| chief \| coachwhip \| color \| colors \| Communist threat \| crostarie \| crowning \| Dannebrog \| device \| differentia \| dominant \| drop head \| dropline \| earmark \| ensign \| epigraph \| expansionism \| face \| fiery cross \| first \| first-class \| first-rate \| first-string \| flag \| focal \| foremost \| gonfalon \| gonfanon \| great \| guidon \| hallmark \| hanger \| head \| heading \| headline \| headmost \| hegemonic \| house flag \| idiosyncrasy \| image \| imperialist threat \| important \| independence \| index \| indicant \| indicator \| insignia \| jack \| Jolly Roger \| jump head \| keynote \| leading \| legend \| long pennant \| magisterial \| main \| manifest destiny \| mark \| martial music \| master \| measure \| memorable \| merchant flag \| momentous \| motto \| national anthem \| national flag \| notable \| note \| noteworthy \| Old Glory \| oriflamme \| overline \| overruling \| paramount \| peculiarity \| pendant \| pennant \| pennon \| pennoncel \| picture \| predominant \| preeminent \| preponderant \| prevailing \| primal \| primary \| prime \| principal \| property \| ranking \| red \| red ensign \| representation \| representative \| royal standard \| rubric \| ruling \| running head \| running title \| scarehead \| screamer \| seal \| self-determination \| sigil \| sign \| signal \| signal flag \| signature \| sovereign \| spread \| spreadhead \| stamp \| standard \| star \| Stars and Stripes \| Star-Spangled Banner \| stellar \| streamer \| subhead \| subheading \| subtitle \| supereminent \| superscription \| sure sign \| swallowtail \| symbol \| symptom \| telltale sign \| title \| title page \| topflight \| top-notch \| trait \| tricolor \| Union Flag \| Union Jack \| vexillum \| war song \| Western imperialism \| white \| yellow peril See Also \| flag \| headline \| newspaper headline Banner In Webster's Dictionary \Ban"ner\, n. [OE. banere, OF. baniere, F. banni[`e]re, bandi[`e]re, 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}, n.] 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} (Zo["o]l.), 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.

Banner Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Banner?

[n] long strip of cloth for decoration or advertising
[n] a newspaper headline that runs across the full page
[adj] of headlines; spanning the width of the page; "banner headlines"
[adj] unusually good; outstanding; "a banner year for the company"

See Also | flag | headline | newspaper headline

Banner In Webster's Dictionary

\Ban"ner\, n. [OE. banere, OF. baniere, F. banni[`e]re,
bandi[`e]re, 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}, n.]
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} (Zo["o]l.), 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.

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