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View synonyms for banister

banister

[ ban-uh-ster ]

noun

  1. a baluster.
  2. Sometimes banisters. the balustrade of a staircase.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of banister1

First recorded in 1660–70; apparently by dissimilation from earlier barrister, alteration of baluster, perhaps by association with bar 1
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Example Sentences

I woke the next morning and saw an actual sunbeam gleaming brightly onto the wooden banister outside my window.

“I saw one man, he got tired, and he went over to the banister and he jumped off and killed himself,” she says.

Fearing to lose his way, he bawls over the banister, and through the corridors, “Is any one there?”

The hall was as black as a dungeon, but by groping around she found the banister rail, and so made her way upstairs.

Nicole turned to see her father climbing up the stairs, pulling himself along on the banister and leaning on his walking stick.

With a startled cry he lunged forward, clutching at the banister to steady his blundering descent.

Convulsively grasping the banister with both hands, his broad shoulders formed a mighty buttress against the pressing flood.

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