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  Sir Roger (Gilbert), 1929–2018, English track and field athlete: first to run a mile in less than four minutes.

bannister

¹ American  

[ban-uh-ster] / ˈbæn ə stər /

noun

1. banister.

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Bannister ² American  

[ban-uh-ster] / ˈbæn ə stər /

noun

1. Sir Roger (Gilbert), 1929–2018, English track and field athlete: first to run a mile in less than four minutes.

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Bannister British  

/ ˈbænɪstə /

noun

1. Sir Roger ( Gilbert ). born 1929, British athlete and doctor: first man to run a mile in under four minutes (1954)

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During the tour with Delano, the charm of the house is on display with a carved wooden bannister in the house’s front hall and barrel ceilings in two second-floor bedrooms.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 5, 2019

In, I actually think by Clare Cavanagh, it was like, "a redemptive"—it wasn't the word "bannister"; "a redemptive . . . " something else, I could look it up.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 21, 2018

He hooked an arm inside the bannister and pivoted at each landing, letting centrifugal force whirl him around the hairpin and down the next flight.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 9, 2018

He gave the finger to protesting farmers, pirouetted behind the Queen and rode down a bannister in Moscow.

From The Guardian ● May 20, 2016

I grasped hold of the bannister and pulled myself to my feet.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Bannister died Sunday morning at age 80 at home in Crestline in the San Bernardino Mountains, his wife Gigi Bannister announced Monday on Facebook.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Gigi Bannister told TMZ, which first reported the actor’s death, that her late husband was a Vietnam War vet and was exposed to Agent Orange during his service.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

The mile has been the most iconic distance in sports since long before a British medical student named Roger Bannister completed it in less than four minutes in 1954.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Port of Dover chief executive, Doug Bannister, told MPs on Thursday "time is rapidly running out" to fix it.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

The sharp, wry figure of Mrs. Bannister, the night nurse, scurried into view.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath