bannister, banister, balustrade, balusters, handrail
(noun) a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling
Bannister, Roger Bannister, Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister
(noun) English runner who in 1954 became the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes (born in 1929)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bannister (plural bannisters)
Alternative form of banister
• branniest
Bannister (plural Bannisters)
A occupational surname for a maker of baskets.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bannister is the 4105th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8639 individuals. Bannister is most common among White (68.65%) and Black/African American (23.34%) individuals.
• branniest
Source: Wiktionary
14 May 2024
(noun) an unfortunate person who is unable to perform effectively because of nervous tension or agitation; “he could win if he wasn’t a choker”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
