Bannister
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bannister
[ noun ]

1. English runner who in 1954 became the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes (born in 1929)

<noun.person>

2. a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling

<noun.artifact>

Banister \Ban"is*ter\, n. [A corruption of baluster.]
1. A baluster.

2. (sing. or pl.) The balustrade of a staircase. Formerly
used in this sense mostly in the plural, now mostly in the
singular. [Also spelled {bannister}.]
[1913 Webster +PJC]

He struggled to ascend the pulpit stairs, holding
hard on the banisters. --Sir W.
Scott.


bannister \bannister\ n.
same as {banister}.
[WordNet 1.5]