banner

[ ban-er ]

/ ˈbæn ər /

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noun

the flag of a country, army, troop, etc.

an ensign or the like bearing some device, motto, or slogan, as one carried in religious processions, political demonstrations, etc.

a flag formerly used as the standard of a sovereign, lord, or knight.

a sign painted on cloth and hung over a street, entrance, etc.: Banners at the intersection announced the tennis tournament.

anything regarded or displayed as a symbol of principles.

Heraldry. a square flag bearing heraldic devices.

Also called banner line, line, screamer, streamer. Journalism. a headline extending across the width of a newspaper page, usually across the top of the front page.

an open streamer with lettering, towed behind an airplane in flight, for advertising purposes.

Also called banner ad . an advertisement that appears across the top or bottom or along one side of a web page.

adjective

leading or foremost: a banner year for crops.

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Origin of banner

1200–50; Middle English banere<Old French baniere<Late Latin bann(um) (variant of bandum standard <Germanic, compare Gothic bandwa sign; see band¹) + Old French -iere<Latin -āria-ary

SYNONYMS FOR banner

10 notable, record, winning, red-letter, vintage.

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OTHER WORDS FROM banner

bannered, adjectiveban·ner·less, adjectiveban·ner·like, adjectiveun·ban·nered, adjective

Words nearby banner

bank swallow, banlieue, Ban-Lon, Banneker, Banneker, Benjamin, banner, banner ad, banner cloud, banneret, bannerette, bannerman

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Example sentences from the Web for banner

Some protesters also carried banners mocking Drosten, as well as Spahn, Chancellor Angela Merkel, and Bill Gates—a frequent target of coronavirus-related conspiracies.
Five days is long enough for a coronavirus quarantine, says Germany’s top virologist|David Meyer|September 2, 2020|Fortune
The campaign has released custom Zoom videoconferencing backgrounds, among other digital banners.
Official Biden-Harris campaign yard signs available for download in Nintendo’s ‘Animal Crossing’|rhhackettfortune|September 1, 2020|Fortune
This is due to the fact that people are using streaming services, watching movies, TV series, courses, and there are banner ads everywhere.
Marketing strategies during COVID-19 times|Evelina Brown|July 13, 2020|Search Engine Watch
Many businesses have followed suit with similar banners, it is just important that you track interaction with these and make sure they aide your website performance and don’t reduce conversion.
Top five B2B digital marketing tips during COVID-19 times|Dan Marshall|June 19, 2020|Search Engine Watch

Salesforce for example has a banner across their UK site promoting how their tools can help businesses right now.
Top five B2B digital marketing tips during COVID-19 times|Dan Marshall|June 19, 2020|Search Engine Watch
The accident rate in Asia has marred what was in 2014 a banner year for aviation safety.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501|Clive Irving|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Not sure if you noticed, but 2014 has been a banner year for animal robots.
Meet Our Animal Robot Overlords|James Joiner|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He told me that all he could see was the banner carried at the front of the group which read, “No Cops No Prisons.”
The Monsters Who Screamed for Dead Cops|Jacob Siegel|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then last week, Bloomberg Businessweek ran a banner headline “Jeb Bush Has a Mitt Romney Problem.”
Bush, Christie, Romney: Who’ll Be the GOP Class Warrior?|Lloyd Green|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage, Denmark still waves its banner high.
The Ultimate LGBT Travel Bucket List||December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
More than two-thirds of them at once enlisted under Walker's banner.
Real Soldiers of Fortune|Richard Harding Davis
It is with that banner we will march and the lads in the quarry with us; it is they will have the welcome before him!
The Unicorn from the Stars and Other Plays|William B. Yeats
Another figure in the bow supports a banner with the sign of the Cross.
The Old Inns of Old England, Volume II (of 2)|Charles G. Harper
After leaving Heidelberg, Meiroslawski succeeded in once more uniting about fifteen thousand of the fugitives under his banner.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 66 No.406, August 1849|Various
Once we rigged up a banner with the words on it, 'Gobstown to the Front!'
Waysiders|Seumas O'Kelly

British Dictionary definitions for banner

banner

/ (ˈbænə) /

noun

a long strip of flexible material displaying a slogan, advertisement, etc, esp one suspended between two points

a placard or sign carried in a procession or demonstration

something that represents a belief or principlea commitment to nationalization was the banner of British socialism

the flag of a nation, army, etc, used as a standard or ensign

(formerly) the standard of an emperor, knight, etc

Also called: banner headline a large headline in a newspaper, etc, extending across the page, esp the front page

an advertisement, often animated, that extends across the width of a web page

a square flag, often charged with the arms of its bearer

verb

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

adjective

US outstandingly successfula banner year for orders

Derived forms of banner

bannered, adjective

Word Origin for banner

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

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