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ban·ner (ban′ər)

noun

  1. a piece of cloth bearing a design, motto, slogan, etc., sometimes attached to a staff and used as a battle standard
  2. a flag the Star-Spangled Banner
  3. a headline extending across a newspaper page
  4. a long strip of cloth with an advertisement, greeting, etc. lettered on it

Etymology: ME banere < OFr baniere < VL *bandaria, ult. < Goth bandwa, a sign

adjective

foremost; leading; outstanding a banner year in sales

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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