Banner Definition

bănər
banners
noun
banners
A piece of cloth attached to a staff and used as a standard by a monarch, military commander, or knight.
American Heritage
A piece of cloth bearing a design, motto, slogan, etc., sometimes attached to a staff and used as a battle standard.
Webster's New World
The flag of a nation, state, or army.
American Heritage
A flag.
The Star-Spangled Banner.
Webster's New World
A piece of cloth bearing a motto or legend, as of a club.
American Heritage
adjective
Unusually good; outstanding.
A banner year for the company.
American Heritage
Foremost; leading; outstanding.
A banner year in sales.
Webster's New World
It is a banner achievement for an athlete to run a mile in under four minutes.
Wiktionary
verb
To supply with banners.
American Heritage
To publish or proclaim with or as with a banner headline.
Webster's New World
To give a banner headline to (a story or item) in a newspaper.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Banner

Noun

Singular:
banner
Plural:
banners

Origin of Banner

  • Middle English banere from Old French baniere from Vulgar Latin bandāria from Late Latin bandum of Germanic origin bhā-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old French baniere (Modern bannière) of Germanic origin. More at band.

    From Wiktionary

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