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
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.
banner (not comparable)
Exceptional; very good.
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.
banner (plural banners)
One who bans something.
• Brenna
Banner
A occupational surname for a standard-bearer.
• Brenna
Source: Wiktionary
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
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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.
