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| 1. | the flag of a country, army, troop, etc. |
| 2. | an ensign or the like bearing some device, motto, or slogan, as one carried in religious processions, political demonstrations, etc. |
| 3. | a flag formerly used as the standard of a sovereign, lord, or knight. |
| 4. | a sign painted on cloth and hung over a street, entrance, etc.: Banners at the intersection announced the tennis tournament. |
| 5. | anything regarded or displayed as a symbol of principles. |
| 6. | Heraldry. a square flag bearing heraldic devices. |
| 7. | Also called banner line, line, screamer, streamer. Journalism. a headline extending across the width of a newspaper page, usually across the top of the front page. |
| 8. | an open streamer with lettering, towed behind an airplane in flight, for advertising purposes. |
| 9. | leading or foremost: a banner year for crops. |
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