banner Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising
    streamer.
  2. noun a newspaper headline that runs across the full page
    streamer.
  3. noun any distinctive flag
    standard.
  4. adjective satellite unusually good; outstanding
    • a banner year for the company

WordNet

Ban"ner noun
Etymology
OE. banere, OF. baniere, F. bannière, bandière, fr. LL. baniera, banderia, fr. bandum banner, fr. OHG. bant band, strip of cloth; cf. bindan to bind, Goth. bandwa, bandwo, a sign. See Band, n.
Definitions
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Any flag or standard; as, the star-spangled banner.

Webster 1913