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Banner: Definition and part of speech

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Banner

  1. n. Any flag or standard; as, the star-spangled banner.
  2. n. A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle.
  3. n. 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.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bank bill: Definition and part of speech

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Bank bill

  1. In England, a note, or a bill of exchange, of a bank, payable to order, and usually at some future specified time. Such bills are negotiable, but form, in the strict sense of the term, no part of the currency.
  2. In America (and formerly in England), a promissory note of a bank payable to the bearer on demand, and used as currency; a bank note.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Banneret: Definition and part of speech

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Banneret

  1. n. A small banner.
  2. n. Originally, a knight who led his vassals into the field under his own banner; — commonly used as a title of rank.
  3. n. A title of rank, conferred for heroic deeds, and hence, an order of knighthood; also, the person bearing such title or rank.
  4. n. A civil officer in some Swiss cantons.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.