Banner
['bænə] or ['bænɚ]
Definition
(noun.) long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising.
(adj.) unusually good; outstanding; 'a banner year for the company' .
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Definition
(n.) A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Any flag or standard; as, the star-spangled banner.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Flag, standard, streamer, ensign, pennon, colors.
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Definition
n. a military standard: a flag or ensign bearing some device as in processions &c.—adj. Ban′nered furnished with banners.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To see one's country's banner floating in a clear sky, denotes triumph over foreign foes. To see it battered, is significant of wars and loss of military honors on land and sea.
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Examples
- The banner of her family hung there, still surmounted by its regal crown. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Nor carrying a banner. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- When I came into the box, the orchestra played the 'Star-Spangled Banner,' and all the people in the house arose; whereupon I was very much embarrassed. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A singular novelty, muttered the knight, to advance to storm such a castle without pennon or banner displayed! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- At the thame time,' said Sleary, 'I mutht put in my word, Thquire, tho that both thides of the banner may be equally theen. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- She has had some experience, and got a prize for a tale in the _Blarneystone Banner_. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It seems strange to me that all round me do not burn to enlist under the same banner,--to join in the same enterprise. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He deemed me born under his star: he seemed to have spread over me its beam like a banner. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- There's a demand for socks just now, added Jo, waving hers like a big blue worsted banner as they parted at the gate. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- From his neck to his knees, in ample folds, a robe swept down that was a very star-spangled banner of curved and sinuous bars of black and white. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- She was a warlike power, and inscribed upon her banners many a brilliant fight with Genoese and Turks. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- There was a public holiday; the streets were decorated by gay banners and made glad with music. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- No banners, cousin, to be 'blown by the night wind of heaven. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- This man had between two and three hundred persons enlisted under his banners. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The banners of the knights of the garter, and their half drawn swords, were hung in vain emblazonry above the stalls. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- We were unprepared for battle, she continued, as we were on a peaceful mission, as our banners and the colors of our craft denoted. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Nine oils, Merrylegs, missing tips, garters, banners, and Ponging, eh! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Even music was not wanting: banners floated in the air, and the shrill fife and loud trumpet breathed forth sounds of encouragement and victory. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Missed his tip at the banners, too, and was loose in his ponging. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Here are no aisles, no arches, no inscriptions, no banners. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
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