'Banner' definitions:

Definition of 'banner'

From: WordNet
adjective
Unusually good; outstanding; "a banner year for the company"
noun
Long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising [syn: banner, streamer]
noun
A newspaper headline that runs across the full page [syn: streamer, banner]
noun
Any distinctive flag [syn: standard, banner]

Definition of 'Banner'

From: GCIDE
  • Banner \Ban"ner\ (b[a^]n"n[~e]r), n. [OE. banere, OF. baniere, F. banni[`e]re, bandi[`e]re, fr. LL. baneria, banderia, fr. bandum banner, fr. OHG. bant band, strip of cloth; cf. bindan to bind, Goth. bandwa, bandwo, a sign. See Band, n.]
  • 1. A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle. [1913 Webster]
  • Hang out our banners on the outward walls. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Any flag or standard; as, the star-spangled banner. [1913 Webster]
  • Banner fish (Zool.), a large fish of the genus Histiophorus, of the Swordfish family, having a broad bannerlike dorsal fin; the sailfish. One species (Histiophorus Americanus) inhabits the North Atlantic. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Banner'

From: Easton
  • Banner
  • The flag or banner of the larger kind, serving for three tribes marching together. These standards, of which there were four, were worked with embroidery and beautifully ornamented (Num. 1:52; 2:2, 3, 10, 18, 25; Cant. 2:4; 6:4, 10).
  • The flag borne by each separate tribe, of a smaller form. Probably it bore on it the name of the tribe to which it belonged, or some distinguishing device (Num. 2:2,34).
  • A lofty signal-flag, not carried about, but stationary. It was usually erected on a mountain or other lofty place. As soon as it was seen the war-trumpets were blown (Ps. 60:4; Isa. 5:26; 11:12; 13:2; 18:3; 30:17; Jer. 4:6 21; Ezek. 27:7).
  • A "sign of fire" (Jer. 6:1) was sometimes used as a signal.
  • The banners and ensigns of the Roman army had idolatrous images upon them, and hence they are called the "abomination of desolation" (q.v.). The principal Roman standard, however, was an eagle. (See Matt. 24:28; Luke 17:37, where the Jewish nation is compared to a dead body, which the eagles gather together to devour.)
  • God's setting up or giving a banner (Ps. 20:5; 60:4; Cant. 2:4) imports his presence and protection and aid extended to his people.

Synonyms of 'banner'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Banner, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Banner, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000) :
149
Housing Units (2000) :
59
Land area (2000) :
0.335883 sq. miles (0.869933 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.335883 sq. miles (0.869933 sq. km)
FIPS code :
03571
Located within :
Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location :
40.514730 N, 89.910537 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Banner -- U.S. County in Nebraska

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Banner -- U.S. County in Nebraska
Population (2000) :
819
Housing Units (2000) :
375
Land area (2000) :
746.217098 sq. miles (1932.693329 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.153980 sq. miles (0.398806 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
746.371078 sq. miles (1933.092135 sq. km)
Located within :
Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location :
41.533313 N, 103.704593 W