Main Entry:

¹ban·ner

Pronunciation:

\ˈba-nər\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle English banere, from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to Gothic bandwo sign; probably akin to Greek phainein to show — more at fancy

Date:

13th century

1 a: a piece of cloth attached by one edge to a staff and used by a leader (as a monarch or feudal lord) as his standard b: ²flag 1 c: an ensign displaying a distinctive or symbolic device or legend ; especially : one presented as an award of honor or distinction2: a headline in large type running across a newspaper page3: a strip of cloth on which a sign is painted <welcome banners stretched across the street>4: a name, slogan, or goal associated with a particular group or ideology <the new banner is “community control” — F. M. Hechinger> —often used with under<every new administration arrives…under the banner of change — John Cogley>5: an advertisement graphic that runs usually across the top of a World Wide Web page