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¹ban·ner

noun \ˈba-nər\

Definition of BANNER

1

a : a piece of cloth attached by one edge to a staff and used by a leader (as a monarch or feudal lord) as his standard b : ²flag 1 c : an ensign displaying a distinctive or symbolic device or legend; especially : one presented as an award of honor or distinction

2

: a headline in large type running across a newspaper page

3

: a strip of cloth on which a sign is painted <welcome banners stretched across the street>

4

: a name, slogan, or goal associated with a particular group or ideology <the new banner is “community control” — F. M. Hechinger> —often used with under <every new administration arrives … under the banner of change — John Cogley>

5

: an advertisement graphic that runs usually across the top of a World Wide Web page

Examples of BANNER

1. A banner was hung over the street advertising the local theater production.
2. Banners were carried by members of each group marching in the parade.

Origin of BANNER

Middle English banere, from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to Gothic bandwo sign; probably akin to Greek phainein to show — more at fancy

First Known Use: 13th century

Related to BANNER

Synonyms: banderole (or banderol), flag, colors, ensign, guidon, jack, pendant (also pendent) [chiefly British], pennant, pennon, standard, streamer

Related Words: bunting, gonfalon; black flag, Jolly Roger, tricolor, union jack, white flag; burgee, semaphore, signaler (or signaller), waft; badge, coat of arms, crest, insignia

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Other Heraldry Terms

blazon, cachet, couchant, dormant, escutcheon, potent, standard, totem

Rhymes with BANNER

canner, fanner, lanner, manner, manor, planner, scanner, spanner, tanner, vanner