banner

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
banner/ˈbanə(r)/

▶noun

• 1 a long strip of cloth bearing a slogan or design, carried in a procession or hung in a public place.

  ■ historical a flag on a pole used as the standard of a monarch, knight, or army.

• 2 an advertisement on a website in the form of bar, column, or box.

▶adjective N. Amer. excellent; outstanding: a banner year.

– derivatives
bannered adjective.

– origin ME: from OFr. baniere, ult. of Gmc origin and rel. to band2.