banner
Part of speech: noun
A cloth bearing a device, suspended from a pole by a cross- bar; any flag or standard.
Usage examples "banner":
- At Gravesend we sighted a tug flying the American colors, and when the band on board responded to our cheers with " The Star- Spangled Banner" even the Indians tried to sing. - "An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody)", Buffalo Bill (William Frederick Cody).
- All turned black before him, his mind became a blank, and he dropped the flag; but the blood- stained banner did not fall to the ground. - "Best Russian Short Stories", Various.
- With love, for oppression; with blessing, for scars- One Country- one Banner- the Stripes and the Stars! - "The American Union Speaker", John D. Philbrick.