Banner
Banner (ban"nẽr) , noun
[Old English banere, Old French baniere, French bannière, bandière, from Late Latin baneria, banderia, from bandum banner, from Old High German bant band, strip of cloth; compare bindan to bind, Gothic bandwa, bandwo, a sign. See Band, n.]
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.
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.
Collocations (1)
Banner fish (Zoology) , a large fish of the genus Histiophorus, of the Swordfish family, having a broad bannerlike dorsal fin; the sailfish. One species (Histiophorus Americanus) inhabits the North Atlantic.