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To: snerd who wrote (14)6/20/1999 12:56:00 PM
From: EyeDrMike  Respond to of 72
 
ban*ner [1] (noun)

[Middle English banere, from Old French, of Germanic origin; akin to Gothic bandwo sign; probably akin to Greek phainein to show -- more at FANCY]

First appeared 13th Century

1 a : a piece of cloth attached by one edge to a staff and used by a leader ( as a monarch or feudal lord) as his standard

b : [2]FLAG 1

c : an ensign displaying a distinctive or symbolic device or legend; especially : one presented as an award of honor or distinction

2 : a headline in large type running across a newspaper page

3 : a strip of cloth on which a sign is painted <welcome ~s stretched across the street>

4 : a name, slogan, or goal associated with a particular group or ideology <the new ~ is "community control" --F. M. Hechinger> -- often used with under <every new administration arrives ... under the ~ of change --John Cogley>