English

Noun

banner year ‎(plural banner years)

1. An especially good year; a year of exceptional production.

   1965 was a banner year for the company; it produced a million widgets for the first time.

   • 1853, New-Hampshire Missionary Society, Annual Report of the Trustees of the New Hampshire Missionary Society, Volumes 50-57, volume 53, Steam power press of McFarland & Jenks, page 16:

     The year just closed has been the banner year for New-Hampshire Home Missions. The amount raised for the cause is $505,38 more than ever was raised before in any one year.