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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1925

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BANNER, n.1 A banner-bearer.Abd. in Greig and Keith Last Leaves (1925) 74 i.:
Love Johnnie's on to England The King's high banner to be. [Peter Buchan has banneret.]

[O.Sc. baneour(e), banneoure, banyour, etc., banner-bearer, from Anglo-Fr. baneour, O.Fr. baneor, late Lat. bannātōrem, from bandum, bannum, a standard, cogn. of Eng. bind, bond. Banner in quot., if not influenced by banner, a standard (Lat. type bandāria), might come from late Lat. bannātor. O.Fr. banère.]

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"Banner n.1". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 19 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/banner>

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