Banner /(băn"nẽr)/

Ban·ner

Banner

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.
  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.

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.