banner

verb

bannered; bannering; banners

transitive verb

1

: to furnish with a banner

a bannered storefront

2

journalism : to print (a news story) under a headline in large type usually on the front page

News of the defeat was bannered in newspapers throughout the country.

Word History

Etymology

derivative of banner entry 1

First Known Use

1807, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing banner

• banner ad
• banner advertisement
• banner petal
• under the banner of

Rhymes for banner

• branner
• canner
• fanner
• kanner
• manner
• manor
• planner
• scanner
• spanner
• tanner

Kids Definition

banner

1 of 2 noun

ban·​ner ˈban-ər 

1

: flag entry 2 sense 1

2

: a strip of cloth with a design, picture, or writing on it

banner

2 of 2 adjective

: unusually good : outstanding

a banner year for apples