banner
noun
- type of administrative division
- flag or other piece of cloth bearing a symbol, logo, slogan or other message
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈbænə/ / /ˈbænɚ/ / /ˈbæːnə/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English baner, from Old French baniere (Modern bannière), of Germanic origin. More at band.
- Exceptional; very good.
“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.”
“The Zenger decision was a banner achievement for freedom of the press. It pointed the way to the kind of open public discussion required by the diverse society that colonial New York already was and that all America was to become.”
name
- A surname originating as an occupation for a standard-bearer.
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English ban Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English banner From ban + -er.
- One who bans something.
“How ridiculous the banners of some of the books at present on the list will appear in the future.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English baner, from Old French baniere (Modern bannière), of Germanic origin. More at band.
- To adorn with a banner.
- To display as a banner headline.
“At 8:11, bannering the headline “Cheney in Charge?” the Drudge Report runs a story speculating that the president may be incapacitated.”