BANNER

banner

(adjective) unusually good; outstanding; “a banner year for the company”

banner, streamer

(noun) long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising

standard, banner

(noun) any distinctive flag

streamer, banner

(noun) a newspaper headline that runs across the full page

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

banner (plural banners)

A flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation.

(by extension) The military unit under such a flag or standard.

(by extension) A military or administrative subdivision.

Any large sign, especially when made of soft material or fabric.

A large piece of cloth with a slogan, motto, or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession or suspended in some conspicuous place.

(by extension, figurative) A cause or purpose; a campaign or movement.

(journalism) The title of a newspaper as printed on its front page; the nameplate; masthead.

(Internet, television) A type of advertisement on a web page or on television, usually taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content.

Coordinate terms: interstitial, popup

(heraldry) The principal standard of a knight.

A type of administrative division in Inner Mongolia, China (хошуу/旗) and Tuva (кожуун), made during the Qing dynasty. At this time, Outer Mongolia and part of Xinjiang were also divided this way.

Adjective

banner (not comparable)

Exceptional; very good.

Verb

banner (third-person singular simple present banners, present participle bannering, simple past and past participle bannered)

(transitive) To adorn with a banner.

(transitive, journalism) To display as a banner headline.

Etymology 2

Noun

banner (plural banners)

One who bans something.

Anagrams

• Brenna

Proper noun

Banner

A occupational surname for a standard-bearer.

Anagrams

• Brenna

Source: Wiktionary

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Ban"ner, n. Etym: [OE. banere, OF. baniere, F. bannière, bandière, fr. LL. baniera, banderia, fr. bandum banner, fr. OHG. bant band, strip of cloth; cf. bindan to bind, Goth. bandwa, bandwo, a sign. See Band, n.]

1. A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle. Hang out our banners on the outward walls. Shak.

2. A large piece of silk or other cloth, with a device or motto, extended on a crosspiece, and borne in a procession, or suspended in some conspicuous place.

3. Any flag or standard; as, the star-spangled banner. Banner fish (Zoöl.), a large fish of the genus Histiophorus, of the Swordfish family, having a broad bannerlike dorsal fin; the sailfish. One species (H. Americanus) inhabits the North Atlantic.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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