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noun
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.
EXPANDanything regarded or displayed as a symbol of principles.
6.
Heraldry. a square flag bearing heraldic devices.
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8.
an open streamer with lettering, towed behind an airplane in flight, for advertising purposes.
9.
COLLAPSEAlso called banner ad. an advertisement that appears across the top or bottom or along one side of a Web page.
adjective
10.
leading or foremost: a banner year for crops.
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Bannered
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Origin:
1200–50; Middle English banere < Old French baniere < Late Latin bann(um) (variant of bandum standard < Germanic, compare Gothic bandwa sign; see band1) + Old French -iere < Latin -āria -ary
1200–50; Middle English banere < Old French baniere < Late Latin bann(um) (variant of bandum standard < Germanic, compare Gothic bandwa sign; see band1) + Old French -iere < Latin -āria -ary
Related forms
ban·nered, adjective
ban·ner·less, adjective
ban·ner·like, adjective
un·ban·nered, adjective
Synonyms
10. notable, record, winning, red-letter, vintage.
10. notable, record, winning, red-letter, vintage.
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Word Origin & History
banner
early 13c., from O.Fr. baniere (Mod.Fr. bannière) "flag, banner, standard," from L.L. bandum "standard," borrowed from a W.Gmc. cognate of Goth. bandwa "a sign" (see band (2)). Of newspaper headlines, from 1913.
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