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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbænə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbænɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ænə(r)
• Homophone: banter (some North American dialects)

From Old French baniere (Modern bannière), of Germanic origin. More at band.

banner (plural banners)

1. A flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation.
2. (by extension) the military unit under such a flag or standard.
3. (by extension) a military or administrative subdivision.
4. 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.

5. A large piece of cloth with a slogan, motto, or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession or suspended in some conspicuous place.
6. (by extension) a cause or purpose; a campaign or movement.

   They usually make their case under the banner of environmentalism.

7. (journalism) The title of a newspaper as printed on its front page; the nameplate; masthead.
8. (Internet, television) 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. Contrast popup, interstitial.
9. (heraldry) The principal standard of a knight.
10. A type of administrative division in Inner Mongolia, China (хошуу/旗) and Tuva (кожуун), made during the Qing dynasty. At this time, Outer Mongolia and part of Xinjiang were also divided this way.

• Banner County
• banner blindness
• banner carrier
• banner roll
• banner year
• bannerman

banner (not comparable)

1. Exceptional; very good.

   It is a banner achievement for an athlete to run a mile in under four minutes.

   • 1853, New-Hampshire Missionary Society, Annual Report of the Trustees of the New Hampshire Missionary Society, Volumes 50-57‎, volume 53, Steam power press of McFarland & Jenks, page 16:

     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.

banner (third-person singular simple present banners, present participle bannering, simple past and past participle bannered)

1. (transitive) To adorn with a banner.

ban +‎ -er

banner (plural banners)

1. One who bans something.

• The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at

• Brenna

Borrowed from English banner.

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.nər/
• Hyphenation: ban‧ner
• (Netherlands) Rhymes: -ɛnər

banner m (plural banners, diminutive bannertje n)

1. banner (web advertisement)

From French bannière

banner n (definite singular banneret, indefinite plural banner or bannere, definite plural bannera or bannerne)

1. a banner (most senses)

• “banner” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From French bannière

banner n (definite singular banneret, indefinite plural banner, definite plural bannera)

1. a banner (most senses)

• “banner” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

banner m (plural banners)

1. (Internet) banner (advertisement in a web page)

• IPA^(key): [ˈbanər]

banner (plural banners)

1. banner, flag

• ensenyie

banner m (plural banners)

1. banner