(n.) A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle.
(n.) A large piece of silk or other cloth, with a device or motto, extended on a crosspiece, and borne in a procession, or suspended in some conspicuous place.
(n.) Any flag or standard; as, the star-spangled banner.
Example Sentences:
(1) There is a picture, drawn by Polish cartoonist Marek Raczkowski: a crowd of people demonstrating in the street, carrying aloft a big banner that simply reads "FUUUCK!''.
(2) Yellow signs swing from lampposts urging citizens to “hold high the great banner of national unity”.
(3) We are saying enough is enough.” Hundreds of protesters appeared to have joined the march, carrying banners that said “adalet” or “justice” as they set out on the 280 mile (450km) trek that will take them to Maltepe prison, where Enis Berberoğlu has been incarcerated.
(4) At the front of the march was Lee Cheuk-yan, a former lawmaker of 20 years, carrying a banner calling for Liu’s spirit to inspire people.
(5) Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND), an outfit that previously operated under the banner of iEngage until controversy forced a rebrand , has decided that the worst it can say about Tell MAMA, the best means it can find of turning it into a satanic organisation, is to say that it associates with gays and Jews.
(6) The chancellor also said that the sometimes bewildering array of initiatives already in existence for small firms would be streamlined under the banner of UK Finance for Growth, which will oversee the existing £4bn of schemes.
(7) Protesters waved banners with slogans such as “Special relationship, just say no” and “Nasty women unite”.
(8) We need to show the reality we are living in.” The protesters carried banners, proclaiming: “Obama’s trip to Cuba isn’t for fun.
(9) Then, in English, a simple statement that has come to define a Japanese summer of public discontent, the likes of which it has not seen in a generation: “This is what democracy looks like!” Amid the trade union and civic group banners were colourful, bilingual placards held aloft by a new generation of activists who have assumed the mantle of mass protest as Japan braces for the biggest shift in its defence posture for 70 years.
(10) He doesn’t, he said, feel comfortable under that banner.
(11) The rally – reminiscent of the Occupy-style rallies that started in 2011 – started outside the FCC’s Washington headquarters at noon with protesters from Fight For the Future, Popular Resistance and others unfurling banners reading “Save the Internet”.
(12) The volume went up and there was the banner – ‘Georgie … Simply the Best’.
(13) Earlier, they had shouted Allahu Akbar (God is great) and waved banners that read "Uniting to defend the name of Allah".
(14) Under a grey morning sky, survivors and the families of victims of the many war crimes of the conflict, assembled on a patch of grass outside the tribunal with banners and photographs of the dead.
(15) While gothic grandeur fills the windows, the walls are plastered with pop memorabilia and personal paraphernalia: tributes, affectionate caricatures; a Who poster signed by Roger Daltrey; a Queens Park Rangers banner and, relegated to the top of a bookcase, a ministerial red box from the Home Office.
(16) Others are taking the rally at face value and planning to turn up with banners proclaiming themselves part of the reasonable majority, liberal or conservative, against the particular brand of insanity that has swept America since Barack Obama entered the White House.
(17) read one banner, against the woman whose family is reviled for taking tasty slices of state business and contracts, and plundering Tunisia's wealth.
(18) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The parents of the Italian student Giulio Regeni hold a banner reading ‘Truth for Giulio Regeni’ during a press conference at the Italian Senate last week.
(19) In London, Trafalgar Square and Whitehall were jammed from the start of the planned "go slow" at 2pm, as thousands of black cabs gathered honking their horns, bringing total gridlock to the centre of the capital, while supporters waved banners and started occasionally chanting: "Boris, out!"
(20) Witnesses said youths in the northern city of Kano were setting fire to homes displaying the banners of Jonathan's People's Democratic party.
Knight
Definition:
(n.) A young servant or follower; a military attendant.
(n.) In feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback and admitted to a certain military rank with special ceremonies, including an oath to protect the distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless life.
(n.) One on whom knighthood, a dignity next below that of baronet, is conferred by the sovereign, entitling him to be addressed as Sir; as, Sir John.
(n.) A champion; a partisan; a lover.
(n.) A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a horse's head.
(n.) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.
(v. t.) To dub or create (one) a knight; -- done in England by the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying: Rise, Sir ---.
Example Sentences:
(1) Stringer, a Vietnam war veteran who was knighted in 1999, is already inside the corporation, if only for a few months, after he was appointed as one of its non-executive directors to toughen up the BBC's governance following a string of scandals, from the Jimmy Savile abuse to multimillion-pound executive payoffs.
(2) The greatest stars who emerged from the early talent shows – Frank Sinatra, Gladys Knight, Tony Bennett – were artists with long careers.
(3) When she died in 1994, Hopkins-Thomas and his mother – Jessie’s niece – were gifted the masses of drawings and poems Knight had collected over the years.
(4) Or perhaps it was just because I was a little kid and more interested in them Weetabix skinheads, Roland Rat and Knight Rider.
(5) Peter Knights of WildAid, a non-governmental organization (NGO) based in San Francisco, observed that people who argue against the destruction of ivory stockpiles think that having a legal supply is the answer to the poaching problem.
(6) He was later knighted for services to community relations.)
(7) His previous strokes of luck include being appointed chief executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority, the highest-paid quango boss in the UK, and being knighted for "services to regeneration" despite not being a Time Lord.
(8) Alfred was previously portrayed by Michael Caine in Christopher Nolan 's Dark Knight trilogy and the late Michael Gough in the earlier Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher movies.
(9) The first, or maybe, occurrence of the word "melancholia" is found in a French mediaeval book "Knight Yvain" (12th century).
(10) "If viewers think something is false or weird, that's when they reject it," says Gary Knight, commercial content director at ITV.
(11) Shopkeepers said they were afraid to open after gunmen believed to be working for the Knights Templar cartel threw firebombs at several of the city's businesses and city hall over the weekend.
(12) Talking of Batman, what about those rumours that he's been spotted on the set of Christopher Nolan's current movie, The Dark Knight Rises?
(13) If there is justice for Mark some of this sadness will end.” The family’s solicitor, Cyrilia Davies Knight, from Birnberg Peirce solicitors, said: “There are serious questions about whether this highly trained police officer, who shot Mark in broad daylight from an unobstructed view a few metres away from him, made a mistake that was reasonable and lawful.” She added: “A death of this kind is the cause of uniquely intense public concern as demonstrated by the disturbances after Mark’s death.
(14) In 1980, Knight and Griffen developed the "double-staple" technique, using a circular stapler to transect a linear rectal staple line.
(15) The original omitted Buddhism from a list of religions with more followers in England and Wales than the number of people who described themselves as Jedi Knights in the 2011 census.
(16) We just don’t believe the argument or the rationale is strong enough to transcend what has been around for thousands of years.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Jarica Jordan (right), Raven Knight (center) and a friend in downtown Fargo during the gay pride parade.
(17) The long piece of cloth bearing the image of a man's face and body which is kept in Turin dates from at least 1357 when it was first displayed by the widow of a French knight.
(18) Richard Knights Liverpool • As an ex-headteacher who deserted the profession when it became evident that Ofsted was the untouchable body by which the government ensured its will would prevail in schools, I hope that your paper pursues its investigation into the manner in which Ofsted operates .
(19) John Howard livened up the morning by observing that Tony Abbott's knights and dames initiative was so quaintly olde world that not even he would have gone there.
(20) The last time a euthanasia bill came before our parliament, much was made by Baronesses Knight and Finlay of the fact that allowing any form of assisted death had impacted badly on palliative care in Oregon.