1. bannister - Noun
2. Bannister - Proper noun
a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling
English runner who in 1954 became the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes (born in 1929)
Source: WordNetTruth is the silliest thing under the sun. Try to get a living by the Truth and go to the Soup Societies. Heavens! Let any clergyman try to preach the Truth from its very stronghold, the pulpit, and they would ride him out of his church on his own pulpit bannister. Herman Melville
Ray Bannister started to build the guillotine the day Jerry Renault returned to Monument. Robert Cormier
Carpenter, 2003, p.127 Series 2 also saw the first appearances of popular characters Minnie Bannister (Milligan) and Henry Crun (Sellers). Source: Internet
Bannister Fletcher, 420 Internal courtyards became more rare, except beside the stables, and the functional parts of the building were placed at the sides, or in separate buildings nearby hidden by trees. Source: Internet
Bannister took the reins fully in October 1993. Source: Internet
E. M. Bannister Gallery at Rhode Island College is named after Bannister. citation House The house at 93 Benevolent Street in Providence, where Bannister lived between 1884 and 1899, was owned by Brown University until 2016. Source: Internet