noun
banner
BA-nuh
noun
1
A long strip of fabric or sign, often bearing a message, slogan, or emblem.
"Protesters marched through the city carrying a huge banner."
"The stadium was decorated with team banners for the final."
2
A digital advertisement displayed across the top or side of a webpage.
"The site was cluttered with flashing banner ads."
adj
1
Outstanding or record-setting (chiefly US), as in "a banner year."
"It was a banner year for the company's sales."
How to Use Banner
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA large flag or sign with a message, or (online) an ad strip; as an adjective, "banner" describes an especially good year or period.
Common pairings
banner ad
carry a banner
a banner year
Word Forms
bannered past tense, banners plural, banners plural, banners singular
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Etymology
From Old French baniere, ultimately Germanic in origin and related to band — originally a military flag carried to identify a commander's troops.