Hypertext Webster Gateway: "banner"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Banner
(1.) The flag or banner of the larger kind, serving for three
tribes marching together. These standards, of which there were
four, were worked with embroidery and beautifully ornamented
(Num. 1:52; 2:2, 3, 10, 18, 25; Cant. 2:4; 6:4, 10).
(2.) The flag borne by each separate tribe, of a smaller form.
Probably it bore on it the name of the tribe to which it
belonged, or some distinguishing device (Num. 2:2,34).
(3.) A lofty signal-flag, not carried about, but stationary.
It was usually erected on a mountain or other lofty place. As
soon as it was seen the war-trumpets were blown (Ps. 60:4; Isa.
5:26; 11:12; 13:2; 18:3; 30:17; Jer. 4:6 21; Ezek. 27:7).
(4.) A "sign of fire" (Jer. 6:1) was sometimes used as a
signal.
The banners and ensigns of the Roman army had idolatrous
images upon them, and hence they are called the "abomination of
desolation" (q.v.). The principal Roman standard, however, was
an eagle. (See Matt. 24:28; Luke 17:37, where the Jewish nation
is compared to a dead body, which the eagles gather together to
devour.)
God's setting up or giving a banner (Ps. 20:5; 60:4; Cant.
2:4) imports his presence and protection and aid extended to his
people.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Banner \Ban"ner\, n. [OE. banere, OF. baniere, F. banni[`e]re,
bandi[`e]re, 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.]
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.
{Banner fish} (Zo["o]l.), a large fish of the genus
{Histiophorus}, of the Swordfish family, having a broad
bannerlike dorsal fin; the sailfish. One species ({H.
Americanus}) inhabits the North Atlantic.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
banner
adj 1: unusually good; outstanding; "a banner year for the company"
2: of headlines; spanning the width of the page; "banner
headlines"
n 1: long strip of cloth for decoration or advertising [syn: {streamer}]
2: a newspaper headline that runs across the full page [syn: {streamer}]
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