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   Banner (bănˈnẽr), n. [OE. banere, OF. baniere, F. bannière, bandière, fr. LL. baneria, 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.
   
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   Hang out our banners on the outward walls. Shak.
   
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   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.
   
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   3. Any flag or standard; as, “the star-spangled banner”.
   
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   Banner fish (Zool.), 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.
   
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