Definitions for: Banner

[n] long strip of cloth for decoration or advertising
[n] a newspaper headline that runs across the full page
[adj] of headlines; spanning the width of the page; "banner headlines"
[adj] unusually good; outstanding; "a banner year for the company"

Webster (1913) Definition: Ban"ner, n. [OE. banere, OF. baniere, F. banni[`e]re,
bandi[`e]re, fr. LL. baniera, banderia, fr. bandum banner,
fr. OHG. bant band, strip of cloth; cf. bindan to bind, Goth.
bandwa, bandwo, a sign. See Band, n.]
1. A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a
crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle.

Hang out our banners on the outward walls. --Shak.

2. A large piece of silk or other cloth, with a device or
motto, extended on a crosspiece, and borne in a
procession, or suspended in some conspicuous place.

3. Any flag or standard; as, the star-spangled banner.

Banner fish (Zo["o]l.), a large fish of the genus
Histiophorus, of the Swordfish family, having a broad
bannerlike dorsal fin; the sailfish. One species ({H.
Americanus}) inhabits the North Atlantic.

Synonyms: big, large, streamer, streamer, superior

See Also: flag, headline, newspaper headline

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