bannister

[ ban-uh-ster ]

/ ˈbæn ə stər /

noun

Words nearby bannister

bannerette, bannerman, bannerol, bannerstone, banning, bannister, bannister's disease, bannisters, bannock, bannockburn, banns

Definition for bannisters (2 of 2)

banister

or ban·nis·ter

[ ban-uh-ster ]

/ ˈbæn ə stər /

noun

a baluster.

Sometimes banisters. the balustrade of a staircase.

Origin of banister

1660–70; apparently by dissimilation from earlier barrister, alteration of baluster, perhaps by association with bar¹

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH banister

baluster balustrade banister

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Examples from the Web for bannisters

You ought to find two letters from me at Bannisters, for I have directed two to you there.
Records of Later Life|Frances Ann Kemble
Do you see that little, pale-faced, sickly-looking boy yonder, leaning over the bannisters?
The White Rose of Memphis|William C. Falkner
She fell last week over the bannisters of the stairs, and broke her arm.
Records of Later Life|Frances Ann Kemble
Phonny began to amuse himself by climbing up the railing of the bannisters, at the side of the stairs.
Mary Erskine|Jacob Abbott

She crouched back against the bannisters, covering her face with her hand.
The Cathedral|Sir Hugh Walpole

British Dictionary definitions for bannisters (1 of 2)

bannisters

/ (ˈbænɪstəz) /

pl n

a variant spelling of banisters

British Dictionary definitions for bannisters (2 of 2)

Bannister

/ (ˈbænɪstə) /

noun

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

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