bannister

Other forms of bannister

plural

bannisters·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bannister

What does bannister mean?

bannister means "English runner who in 1954 became the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes (born in 1929)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bannister?

bannister has 3 syllables: ban-ni-ster. The stress falls on "ban". In IPA it is /ˈbænəstɚ/.

What is another word for bannister?

Close synonyms include Roger Bannister, Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister, banister, balustrade, balusters. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bannister a common word?

bannister is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.