Banner

Quick meaning: Banner is a noun meaning A flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation.

Meaning

A flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation.

More Meanings

1. (by extension) The military unit under such a flag or standard.
2. (by extension) A military or administrative subdivision.
3. Any large sign, especially when made of soft material or fabric.
4. (by extension, figurative) A cause or purpose; a campaign or movement.
5. (journalism) The title of a newspaper as printed on its front page; the nameplate; masthead.
6. A large piece of cloth with a slogan, motto, or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession or suspended in some conspicuous place.
7. (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.

Example Sentences

Hanggin Rear Banner, Bayannur, Inner Mongolia, China

They usually make their case under the banner of environmentalism.

The mayor hung a banner across Main Street to commemorate the town's 100th anniversary.

At 8:11, bannering the headline “Cheney in Charge?” the Drudge Report runs a story speculating that the president may be incapacitated.

Word Forms

• banners
• bannering
• bannered

Synonyms for banner

Depending on context, synonyms include large, big, streamer, superior.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include streamer, large, superior, big, flag, flags.

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