banner

[ ban-er ]

noun

1. the flag of a country, army, troop, etc.
2. an ensign or the like bearing some device, motto, or slogan, as one carried in religious processions, political demonstrations, etc.
3. a flag formerly used as the standard of a sovereign, lord, or knight.
4. a sign painted on cloth and hung over a street, entrance, etc.:

   Banners at the intersection announced the tennis tournament.

5. anything regarded or displayed as a symbol of principles.
6. Heraldry. a square flag bearing heraldic devices.
7. Also called banner line, Journalism. a headline extending across the width of a newspaper page, usually across the top of the front page.
8. an open streamer with lettering, towed behind an airplane in flight, for advertising purposes.
9. Also called banner ad. an advertisement that appears across the top or bottom or along one side of a web page.

adjective

1. leading or foremost:

   a banner year for crops.

   Synonyms: vintage, red-letter, winning, record, notable

banner

/ ˈbænə /

noun

1. a long strip of flexible material displaying a slogan, advertisement, etc, esp one suspended between two points
2. a placard or sign carried in a procession or demonstration
3. something that represents a belief or principle

   a commitment to nationalization was the banner of British socialism

4. the flag of a nation, army, etc, used as a standard or ensign
5. (formerly) the standard of an emperor, knight, etc
6. Also calledbanner headline a large headline in a newspaper, etc, extending across the page, esp the front page
7. an advertisement, often animated, that extends across the width of a web page
8. a square flag, often charged with the arms of its bearer

verb

1. tr (of a newspaper headline) to display (a story) prominently

adjective

1. outstandingly successful

   a banner year for orders

Derived Forms

• ˈbannered, adjective

Other Words From

• ban·nered adjective
• ban·ner·less adjective
• ban·ner·like adjective
• un·ban·nered adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of banner¹

1200–50; Middle English banere < Old French baniere < Late Latin bann ( um ) (variant of bandum standard < Germanic, compare Gothic bandwa sign; band ¹ ) + Old French -iere < Latin -āria -ary

Word History and Origins

Origin of banner¹

C13: from Old French baniere , of Germanic origin; compare Gothic bandwa sign; influenced by Medieval Latin bannum ban ¹, bannīre to banish

Example Sentences

The accident rate in Asia has marred what was in 2014 a banner year for aviation safety.

From The Daily Beast

His New Deal Coalition brought together Southerners, Northern ethnic minorities, and urban blacks under the same banner.

From The Daily Beast

Not sure if you noticed, but 2014 has been a banner year for animal robots.

From The Daily Beast

On Dec. 16, Brice posted the black banner of ISIS on his Facebook page.

From The Daily Beast

Later that night, that same black-and-red banner would be seen again—in the column of marchers chanting for dead cops.

From The Daily Beast

Here was a melodramatic scene in which he not only was not playing a leading part, but did not even carry a banner.

From Project Gutenberg

Upon the dark mountain lift ye up a banner, exalt the voice, lift up the hand, and let the rulers go into the gates.

From Project Gutenberg

When the orange-and-red banner was actually replaced by the Stars and Stripes, many in the crowd shed tears.

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Maria Antoinette would have gone through fire and blood to have rallied those hosts around her banner.

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Thou hast given a banner to them that feared thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth.

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