01 n. A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle.
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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.
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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.
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3.
Any flag or standard; as, the star-spangled banner.
Phrases & compounds
Banner fish —
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.