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  • noun Plural form of banderole.

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Examples

  • Is it too much to demand, for example, of the thousands of French students who are going to march again this week behind banderoles that read "My grandpa has taken my job" to plan as well on banderoles with the figure of a little bus ticket-taker who is their age, who could be their brother, and whose sole crime is that of having defended his mama?

    Bernard-Henri Lévy: After Sakineh, Her Son Bernard-Henri Lévy 2010

  • Is it too much to demand, for example, of the thousands of French students who are going to march again this week behind banderoles that read "My grandpa has taken my job" to plan as well on banderoles with the figure of a little bus ticket-taker who is their age, who could be their brother, and whose sole crime is that of having defended his mama?

    Bernard-Henri Lévy: After Sakineh, Her Son Bernard-Henri Lévy 2010

  • Is it too much to demand, for example, of the thousands of French students who are going to march again this week behind banderoles that read "My grandpa has taken my job" to plan as well on banderoles with the figure of a little bus ticket-taker who is their age, who could be their brother, and whose sole crime is that of having defended his mama?

    Bernard-Henri Lévy: After Sakineh, Her Son Bernard-Henri Lévy 2010

  • There was the ... sound truck and chants, flags and banderoles, a regular labor action.

    John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2008

  • There was the ... sound truck and chants, flags and banderoles, a regular labor action.

    John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2008

  • Both Adelson and Steven J.HeyerSteven J. Heyer, Starwood's chief executive officer, are looking forward to hoisting the company banderoles: "The Sheraton flag will be a comforting presence to travelers from all over Asia and beyond, while St. Regis' uncompromising luxury will serve as a beacon to the world's most elite jet setters," opined Adelson, while Heyer saw the tie-up as "a great opportunity to fly our flags".

    Adelson In Macau Deal With Heyer's Starwood 2006

  • Their daggers of Fez had jewelled hilts, and their lances were set off with gay banderoles.

    The Alhambra 2002

  • Their daggers of Fez had jewelled hilts, and their lances were set off with gay banderoles.

    The Alhambra 2002

  • At the middle of the central island stood Belrod Strang: a palace built of pale gray stone and white enameled timber, with pink, black, and silver banderoles flying from eighteen minarets.

    Marune: Alastor 933 Vance, Jack 1975

  • Line after line, and rank after rank, they choked the neck of the valley with a long vista of tossing pennons, twinkling lances, waving plumes and streaming banderoles, while the curvets and gambades of the chargers lent a constant motion and shimmer to the glittering, many-colored mass.

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

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  • (singular banderole)

    "1: a long narrow forked flag or streamer

    2: a long scroll bearing an inscription or a device" (free online dictionary)

    October 11, 2008