Meaning and Origin
What does the name Banner mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
- A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle."Hang out our banners on the outward walls." [Shak.]
- 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.
- Any flag or standard; as, the star-spangled banner .
Etymology: OE. banere, OF. baniere, F. bannière bandière, 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.)
- Long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising
- Any distinctive flag
- A newspaper headline that runs across the full page
- Unusually good; outstanding ("a banner year for the company")
Old French baniere (Modern bannière) of Germanic origin. More at band.
- A flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation.
- Hence, the military unit under such a flag or standard.
- By extension, a military or administrative subdivision.
- Any large sign, especially if constructed of soft material or fabric.
- The mayor hung a banner across Main Street to commemorate the town's 100th anniversary.
- 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.
- By extension, a cause or purpose; a campaign or movement.
- They usually make their case under the banner of environmentalism.
- (journalism) The title of a newspaper as printed on its front page; the nameplate; masthead.
- (Internet, television) A type of advertisement in a web page or on television, usually taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content. Contrast popup, interstitial.
- (heraldry) The principal standard of a knight.
- A type of administrative division in Inner Mongolia, China.
ban + -er
- One who bans something.
banner was also found in the following language(s): Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Portuguese, Scots, and Spanish