Banners
According to
The American Heritage Dictionary Of The English Language
Banners are:
1.
A piece of cloth attached to a staff and used as a standard by a monarch, knight, or military commander.
2.
The flag of a nation, state, army, or sovereign.
3.
An ensign bearing a motto or legend, as a club.
4.
A headline spanning the width of a newspaper page.
5.
A type of petal, a standard.
6.
Outstanding; superior.
The definition above is from an early copy of The American Dictionary Of The English Language This edition is out of print but usually there are some for sale by private sellers on Amazon.com web site.
Since the publishing of this exceptional dictionary we have witnessed the rise of the internet. The definition for the word Internet is not even found in this particular book.
The internet has made way for a specific type of advertising called
Web Banners
.
