Thesaurus: banner
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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- 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.
- adj. unusually good; outstanding
- n. long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising
- n. a newspaper headline that runs across the full page
- n. any distinctive flag
- 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.
- n:100 n. long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising s. unusually good; outstanding