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Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Middle English baner, from Old French baniere (Modern bannière), of Germanic origin. More at band.

Next summer is to be our banner year. — The Prairie Wife, Arthur Stringer
This was banner day for my laundry work, and my handkerchiefs have been ironed for the first time since I sailed from San Francisco. — A Woman who went to Alaska, May Kellogg Sullivan
Its votaries danced round it, once, at least, in every month; sometimes they called it their religion, or their altar; but always, it was the banner staff of Merry Mount. — Twice-told tales, Nathaniel Hawthorne

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