Banner Meaning
/ˈbænə/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation.
nounThe military unit under such a flag or standard.
Sentence Examples
Like the banner, the design was based around the colour white.
If you want to put your banner on my site, just send me the code.
A huge banner over the street said ‘Welcome home’.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The students proudly carried a large ____ that read "Welcome Home" in bright colors.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The local students made a large ____ to welcome the new principal.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English baner, from Old French baniere (Modern bannière), of Germanic origin. More at band.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"“To hold Arrakis,” the Duke said, “one is faced with decisions that may cost one his self-respect.” He pointed out the window to the Atreides green and black banner hanging limply from a staff at the edge of the landing field. "That honorable banner could come to mean many evil things.""
— 1965 October 1, Frank Herbert, “Book I: Dune”, in Dune, Philadelphia, Pa.: Chilton Book Company; [Toronto], Ont.: Thomas Nelson & Sons, →OCLC, page 103:
"The first Inner Mongolian modern prose work was “Struggling in a Sea of Suffering” (Gashigun-u dotorakhi telchilegchi khemekhü üliger, 1940) by Rinchinkhorlo (1904-63) of Khüriye (Hure) banner, who also translated an American detective story from Japanese into Mongolian."
— 2004, Christopher P. Atwood, “literature”, in Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire, Facts on File, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 337, column 2:
"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."
— 1853, New-Hampshire Missionary Society, “Annual Report of the Trustees of the New Hampshire Missionary Society, Volumes 50-57”, in Annual Report of the Trustees of the New Hampshire Missionary Society, volume 53, Steam power press of McFarland & Jenks, page 16:
"The Zenger decision was a banner achievement for freedom of the press. It pointed the way to the kind of open public discussion required by the diverse society that colonial New York already was and that all America was to become."
— 2016, David M. Kennedy, Lizabeth Cohen, Mel Piehl, The Brief American Pageant: A History of the Republic, page 73:
"At 8:11, bannering the headline “Cheney in Charge?” the Drudge Report runs a story speculating that the president may be incapacitated."
— 2008, Howard Rosenberg, Charles S. Feldman, No Time To Think:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The students proudly carried a large ____ that read "Welcome Home" in bright colors.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The local students made a large ____ to welcome the new principal.