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Bannister   /bˈænəstər/  /bˈænɪstər/   Listen
Bannister

noun
1.
English runner who in 1954 became the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes (born in 1929).  Synonyms: Roger Bannister, Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister.
2.
A railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling.  Synonyms: balusters, balustrade, banister, handrail.





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"Bannister" Quotes from Famous Books



... Denison, clean-shirted and looking eminently respectable and prosperous, and feeling once more a man after the degrading duck episode in North Queensland, was strolling about George Street with Bannister, and at peace with the world and himself. For the skipper's wife had been impressed with his intellectuality and modest demeanour, and was already at work decorating his cabin—as ...
— By Rock and Pool on an Austral Shore, and Other Stories • Louis Becke


Words linked to "Bannister" :   barrier, baluster, balcony, rail, four-minute man, railing


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