banner
banner
Precipitated by seeing the term "book-banners" in a Wall Street Journal book review this morning. That's quite different (I think) from the more usual meaning of a waving flag or 72-point headline on a newspaper page.
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Re: banner
The verb 'ban' of this word is part of a previous Good Word, banish, and related to banlieu, banns, and many others.
Banner as a noun is different, and related to bandolier.
Banner as a noun is different, and related to bandolier.
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