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banner definition

ban·ner (ban′ər)

noun

  1. a piece of cloth bearing a design, motto, slogan, etc., sometimes attached to a staff and used as a battle standard
  2. a flag the Star-Spangled Banner
  3. a headline extending across a newspaper page
  4. a long strip of cloth with an advertisement, greeting, etc. lettered on it

Etymology: ME banere < OFr baniere < VL *bandaria, ult. < Goth bandwa, a sign

adjective

foremost; leading; outstanding a banner year in sales

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banner Synonyms

banner

n.

colors, pennant, standard; see emblem, flag 1.


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banner Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • unfurl: One unfurled a banner saying: " Nuclear: Wrong Answer.

Adjective modifier

  • animated: I've also added a nice little animated MAME banner that I found elsewhere on the web.

Modifies a noun

  • ad: Some sites may rotate multiple banner ads into the cover page.

Noun used with modifier

  • vinyl: Specializing in color printing, color vinyl banners, color copies, and poster printing.

Preposition: of

  • communism: The realization of the united front is conceivable only under the banner of Communism.

Preposition: with

  • slogan: Thousands of Afghan and Iraqi refugees carried banners with anti-American slogans in the main streets of Mashhad.
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banner quotes

He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.

-Bible (Old Testament)

We receive this Child into the Congregation of Christ's flock, and dosign him with thesign of the Cross, in token that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified, and manfully to fight under his banner against sin, the world, and the devil, and to continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end. Amen.

-Book of Common Prayer

   The wing trails like a banner in defeat, No more to use the sky forever but live with famine And pain a few days. 436

-Jeffers, (John) Robinson

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