bannister, banister, balustrade, balusters, handrail
(noun) a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling
Source: WordNet® 3.1
banister (plural banisters)
The handrail on the side of a staircase.
One of the vertical supports of a handrail; a baluster.
banister (third-person singular simple present banisters, present participle banistering, simple past and past participle banistered)
To construct a banister
To act as a banister
• Bainters, barniest
Banister (plural Banisters)
A occupational surname for a maker of baskets.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Banister is the 10260th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3141 individuals. Banister is most common among White (84.34%) and Black/African American (10.28%) individuals.
• Bainters, barniest
Source: Wiktionary
Ban"is*ter, n. Etym: [Formerly also banjore and banjer; corrupted from bandore, through negro slave pronunciation.]
Definition: A stringed musical instrument having a head and neck like the guitar, and its body like a tambourine. It has five strings, and is played with the fingers and hands.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
International Coffee Day (September 29) is an occasion to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage, with events occurring in places across the world. A day to promote fair trade coffee and raise awareness for the coffee growers’ plight. Other countries celebrate this event on October 1.
