banner
/ˈbænɚ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.12 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The military unit under such a flag or standard.
noun
noun
A large piece of cloth with a slogan, motto, or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession or suspended in some conspicuous place.
Example Sentences
- "“To hold Arrakis,” the Duke said, “one is faced with decisions that may cost one his self-respect.” He pointed out the window to the Atreides green and black banner hanging limply from a staff at the edge of the landing field. "That honorable banner could come to mean many evil things.""
- "The mayor hung a banner across Main Street to commemorate the town's 100th anniversary."
- "They usually make their case under the banner of environmentalism."
- "Hanggin Rear Banner, Bayannur, Inner Mongolia, China"
- "The first Inner Mongolian modern prose work was “Struggling in a Sea of Suffering” (Gashigun-u dotorakhi telchilegchi khemekhü üliger, 1940) by Rinchinkhorlo (1904-63) of Khüriye (Hure) banner, who also translated an American detective story from Japanese into Mongolian."
- "I'll keep pulling on this banner until I get my favorite character."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *bandizder. Old French baniereder. Middle English baner English banner From Middle English baner, from Old French baniere (Modern bannière), of Germanic origin. More at band.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: baner, baniere, -
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbænɚ/
- British English: /ˈbænə/