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The definition of a banner is a sign or a flag.
(noun)An example of a banner is a cloth sign bearing a city's motto hung on the front of city hall.
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See banner in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a piece of cloth bearing a design, motto, slogan, etc., sometimes attached to a staff and used as a battle standard
- a flag: the Star-Spangled Banner
- a headline extending across a newspaper page
- a long strip of cloth with an advertisement, greeting, etc. lettered on it
Origin: ME banere < OFr baniere < VL *bandaria, ult. < Goth bandwa, a sign
adjective
foremost; leading; outstanding: a banner year in sales
See banner in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- 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.
- A piece of cloth bearing a motto or legend, as of a club.
- A headline spanning the width of a newspaper page.
- Botany See standard.
Unusually good; outstanding: a banner year for the company.
transitive verb ban·nered, ban·ner·ing, ban·ners Informal
To give a banner headline to (a story or item) in a newspaper.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English banere
Origin: , from Old French baniere
Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *bandāria
Origin: , from Late Latin bandum
Origin: , of Germanic origin; see bhā-1 in Indo-European roots
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