banner

[ ban-er ]

noun

1. the flag of a country, army, troop, etc.
2. an ensign or the like bearing some device, motto, or slogan, as one carried in religious processions, political demonstrations, etc.
3. a flag formerly used as the standard of a sovereign, lord, or knight.
4. a sign painted on cloth and hung over a street, entrance, etc.:

   Banners at the intersection announced the tennis tournament.

5. anything regarded or displayed as a symbol of principles.
6. Heraldry. a square flag bearing heraldic devices.
7. Also called banner line, Journalism. a headline extending across the width of a newspaper page, usually across the top of the front page.
8. an open streamer with lettering, towed behind an airplane in flight, for advertising purposes.
9. Also called banner ad. an advertisement that appears across the top or bottom or along one side of a web page.

adjective

1. leading or foremost:

   a banner year for crops.

   Synonyms: vintage, red-letter, winning, record, notable

banner

/ ˈbænə /

noun

1. a long strip of flexible material displaying a slogan, advertisement, etc, esp one suspended between two points
2. a placard or sign carried in a procession or demonstration
3. something that represents a belief or principle

   a commitment to nationalization was the banner of British socialism

4. the flag of a nation, army, etc, used as a standard or ensign
5. (formerly) the standard of an emperor, knight, etc
6. Also calledbanner headline a large headline in a newspaper, etc, extending across the page, esp the front page
7. an advertisement, often animated, that extends across the width of a web page
8. a square flag, often charged with the arms of its bearer

verb

1. tr (of a newspaper headline) to display (a story) prominently

adjective

1. outstandingly successful

   a banner year for orders

Derived Forms

• ˈbannered, adjective

Other Words From

• ban·nered adjective
• ban·ner·less adjective
• ban·ner·like adjective
• un·ban·nered adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of banner¹

1200–50; Middle English banere < Old French baniere < Late Latin bann ( um ) (variant of bandum standard < Germanic, compare Gothic bandwa sign; band ¹ ) + Old French -iere < Latin -āria -ary

Word History and Origins

Origin of banner¹

C13: from Old French baniere , of Germanic origin; compare Gothic bandwa sign; influenced by Medieval Latin bannum ban ¹, bannīre to banish

Example Sentences

Students wore “Make America Great Again” T-shirts and hats, toted at least two Trump cardboard cutouts and cheered loudly as a school security guard brandished a Trump banner.

From Los Angeles Times

History and hindsight have made it a little difficult to contextualize what the Lakers accomplished last winter, the team hoisting a trophy and hanging a banner after winning the NBA’s first in-season tournament championship.

From Los Angeles Times

So they’re assigned a secret organization dubbed The Unknowns, under whose banner they rob banks and run explosives through border checkpoints, eventually pulling off a larger-scale bombing that earns them top status in the organization’s “brothers-in-arms” culture.

From Salon

The book drew a following, and Mahoney launched the “Pine Tree Party,” using the same symbol of a pine tree derived from the Christian Nationalist banner “An Appeal to Heaven” that could be seen during the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S.

From Salon

In April 2022, the German federal police, acting on information from their American colleagues, seized the servers hosting Hydra, replacing its banner with their logo and retrieving $25 million in Bitcoin.

From Salon