Banner

//ˈbænə// adj, name, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Exceptional; very good. not-comparable

    "The year just closed has been the banner year for New-Hampshire Home Missions. The amount raised for the cause is $505,38 more than ever was raised before in any one year."

Adjective
  1. 1
    unusually good; outstanding wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as an occupation for a standard-bearer.
Noun
  1. 1
    A flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation.

    "“To hold Arrakis,” the Duke said, “one is faced with decisions that may cost one his self-respect.” He pointed out the window to the Atreides green and black banner hanging limply from a staff at the edge of the landing field. "That honorable banner could come to mean many evil things.""

  2. 2
    One who bans something.

    "How ridiculous the banners of some of the books at present on the list will appear in the future."

  3. 3
    long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising wordnet
  4. 4
    The military unit under such a flag or standard. broadly
  5. 5
    any distinctive flag wordnet
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  1. 6
    A military or administrative subdivision. broadly
  2. 7
    a newspaper headline that runs across the full page wordnet
  3. 8
    Any large sign, especially when made of soft material or fabric.

    "The mayor hung a banner across Main Street to commemorate the town's 100th anniversary."

  4. 9
    A large piece of cloth with a slogan, motto, or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession or suspended in some conspicuous place.
  5. 10
    A cause or purpose; a campaign or movement. broadly, figuratively

    "They usually make their case under the banner of environmentalism."

  6. 11
    The title of a newspaper as printed on its front page; the nameplate; masthead.
  7. 12
    A type of advertisement on a web page or on television, usually taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content. Internet
  8. 13
    The principal standard of a knight.
  9. 14
    A type of administrative division in Inner Mongolia and Tuva, made during the Qing dynasty; at that time, Outer Mongolia and part of Xinjiang were also divided into banners.

    "Hanggin Rear Banner, Bayannur, Inner Mongolia, China"

Verb
  1. 1
    To adorn with a banner. transitive
  2. 2
    To display as a banner headline. transitive

    "At 8:11, bannering the headline “Cheney in Charge?” the Drudge Report runs a story speculating that the president may be incapacitated."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English baner, from Old French baniere (Modern bannière), of Germanic origin. More at band.

Etymology 2

From Middle English baner, from Old French baniere (Modern bannière), of Germanic origin. More at band.

Etymology 3

From Middle English baner, from Old French baniere (Modern bannière), of Germanic origin. More at band.

Etymology 4

From ban + -er.

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