banner
UK/ˈbænə//ˈbænɚ/
banner noun: a flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation.
Noun (1)
banner (plural banners)
- A flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation.
- “To hold Arrakis,” the Duke said, “one is faced with decisions that may cost one his self-respect.” He pointed out the window to the Atreides green and black banner hanging limply from a staff at the edge of the landing field. "That honorable banner could come to mean many evil things."1965 October 1, Frank Herbert, “Book I: Dune”, in Dune, Philadelphia, Pa.: Chilton Book Company; [Toronto], Ont.: Thomas Nelson & Sons, →OCLC, page 103
- The military unit under such a flag or standard.
- A military or administrative subdivision.
- Any large sign, especially when made of soft material or fabric.
- The mayor hung a banner across Main Street to commemorate the town's 100th anniversary.
- A large piece of cloth with a slogan, motto, or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession or suspended in some conspicuous place.
- A cause or purpose; a campaign or movement.
- They usually make their case under the banner of environmentalism.
- The title of a newspaper as printed on its front page; the nameplate; masthead.
- A type of advertisement on a web page or on television, usually taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content.
- The principal standard of a knight.
- A type of administrative division in Inner Mongolia and Tuva, made during the Qing dynasty; at that time, Outer Mongolia and part of Xinjiang were also divided into banners.
- Hanggin Rear Banner, Bayannur, Inner Mongolia, China
- The first Inner Mongolian modern prose work was “Struggling in a Sea of Suffering” (Gashigun-u dotorakhi telchilegchi khemekhü üliger, 1940) by Rinchinkhorlo (1904-63) of Khüriye (Hure) banner, who also translated an American detective story from Japanese into Mongolian.2004, Christopher P. Atwood, “literature”, in Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire, Facts on File, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 337, column 2
- A particular pool of specific virtual items or characters, from which the players can draw randomly by paying in-game currency.
- I'll keep pulling on this banner until I get my favorite character.
Adjective
banner (not comparable)
- Exceptional; very good.
- The year just closed has been the banner year for New-Hampshire Home Missions. The amount raised for the cause is $505,38 more than ever was raised before in any one year.1853, New-Hampshire Missionary Society, “Annual Report of the Trustees of the New Hampshire Missionary Society, Volumes 50-57”, in Annual Report of the Trustees of the New Hampshire Missionary...
- The Zenger decision was a banner achievement for freedom of the press. It pointed the way to the kind of open public discussion required by the diverse society that colonial New York already was and that all America was to become.2016, David M. Kennedy, Lizabeth Cohen, Mel Piehl, The Brief American Pageant: A History of the Republic, page 73
Verb
banner (third-person singular simple present banners, present participle bannering, simple past and past participle bannered)
- To adorn with a banner.
- To display as a banner headline.
- At 8:11, bannering the headline “Cheney in Charge?” the Drudge Report runs a story speculating that the president may be incapacitated.2008, Howard Rosenberg, Charles S. Feldman, No Time To Think
Noun (2)
banner (plural banners)
- One who bans something.
- How ridiculous the banners of some of the books at present on the list will appear in the future.1963, The Australian Library Journal, volumes 1-14, page 69
Proper noun capitalized: Banner
Banner
- A surname originating as an occupation for a standard-bearer.
banner meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
banner in Hindi
- flag
- झंडा jhaṇḍā, पताका patākā, बैरक़ bairaq, अलम alam, परचम parcam, ध्वज dhvaj
- large sign
- पताका patākā
- large piece of cloth with a slogan or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession
- पताका patākā
- advertisement on a web page
- विज्ञापन vijñāpan
banner in Tamil
- பதாகை, விளம்பரத் திரைச் சீலை, கொடி, படைத்துறைச்சின்னங்களுள்ள சதுரக்கொடி, படைத்துறையின் கொடி, நாட்டுக்கொடி
banner in Marathi
- advertisement on a web page
- बॅनर bĕnar
banner in Urdu
- flag
- جَھنْڈا jhanḍā, عَلَم 'alam, پَرْچَم parcam, بَیرَق bairaq
More languagesFewer languages
- banner in Bengali
- পতাকা, নিশান, ধ্বজা, কেতন
- banner in Telugu
- వైజయంతి vaijayanti, చిహ్నము cihnamu
- banner in Malayalam
- മുദ്രാവാക്യങ്ങൾ, അറിയിപ്പുകൾ
- banner in Kannada
- ನಿಶಾನೆ niśāne, ಹೇವ hēva
- banner in Gujarati
- નિશાન niśān
- banner in Odia
- ବ୍ଯ଼ାନର, ବ୍ଯ଼ାନର୍, ବ୍ଯ଼ାନରକୁ
- banner in Nepali
- ब्यानर, बानर, ब्यानरमा
- banner in Pashto
- بېرغ beraɡ̌, علم 'alam, رپاند rapānd
- banner in Tagalog
- bandila, pindol, watawat
- banner in Arabic
- رَايَة rāya, عَلَم ʕalam, لِوَاء liwāʔ, لَافِتَة lāfita
- banner in Malay
- bendera, pepanji, kain rentang, sepanduk
- banner in Indonesian
- bendera, banner
- banner in Vietnamese
- cờ, lá cờ, ngọn, ngọn cờ
Examples of banner in a sentence
- With many flourishes of the captured banner, they marched down the avenue.
- We considered monetizing our computer help forums by inserting ad banners.
- Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.
Forms of banner
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | banners |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | banners |
| present participle | bannering |
| past participle | bannered |
| past | bannered |
Origin of banner
From Middle English baner, from Old French baniere (Modern bannière), of Germanic origin. More at band.
From ban + -er.
Words formed from banner
Phrases with banner
Words that rhyme with banner
Questions about banner
- What does banner mean?
- Banner means a flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation.
- What is banner in Hindi?
- Banner in Hindi is झंडा (jhaṇḍā), पताका (patākā), बैरक़ (bairaq). See Banner meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is banner?
- Banner can be a noun, an adjective, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce banner?
- Banner is pronounced /ˈbænə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of banner?
- The plural of banner is banners.
Words near banner in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: banner (page history and authors); Banner (page history and authors); banner (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); banner (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); చిహ్నము (Telugu) (page history and authors); banner (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ನಿಶಾನೆ (Kannada) (page history and authors); નિશાન (Gujarati) (page history and authors); banner (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); banner (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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