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A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle.

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  1. n. A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle.
  2. 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.
  3. n. Any flag or standard; as, the star-spangled banner.
  4. adj. unusually good; outstanding
  5. n. long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising
  6. n. a newspaper headline that runs across the full page
  7. n. any distinctive flag
  8. 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 (Zoöl.), 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.
  9. n:100 n. long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising s. unusually good; outstanding