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ban·ner [ bánnər ]

noun (plural ban·ners)

Definition:

1. cloth suspended between two poles: a long piece of cloth, often bearing a symbol or slogan, and attached at each end to a pole or hanging from the top of a pole

2. guiding principle: a guiding principle, cause, or philosophy

under the banner of the labor movement

3. online Web site advertisement: a rectangular graphic across a Web page, used as an advertisement, heading, or link

4. nation's or army's flag: the flag of a country or army

5. press
Same as banner headline

adjective

Definition:

especially good: especially good or successful

a banner year for sales

transitive verb (past and past participle ban·nered, present participle ban·ner·ing, 3rd person present singular ban·ners)

Definition:

press head article with big headline: to give a newspaper article a banner headline

[13th century. < Anglo-Norman banere, Old French banière< medieval Latin bandum "standard"]

Cultural Note


	The Star-Spangled Banner, a patriotic song (1814) with lyrics by writer Francis Scott Key set to music by English composer John Stafford Smith. Penned by Key after he had witnessed the successful defense of the city of Baltimore by U.S. troops against a British attack in 1814, it soon became a popular patriotic song. It was adopted as the national anthem of the United States on March 3, 1931.

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