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Meanings of bannister in English

Portuguese
balaustrada
Catalan
barana
Spanish
baranda

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

        balaustrada
        Catalan
        roger bannister
        Spanish
        roger bannister

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

              roger bannister
              Usage of bannister in English
              1
              At the first step he stumbled, clutching the bannister to save himself.
              The Captives
              2
              After all, even after two decades, their staircase still has no bannister.
              The Guardian
              3
              It is rather a long flight, however, and there is no bannister.
              Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1...
              4
              Ken danced half-way down the stairway and slid the rest on the bannister.
              The Young Pitcher
              5
              Jack's left hand scrabbled a grip on the ragged remains of the bannister.
              The talisman
              6
              He felt for the bannister and walked up the stairs to his room.
              The Four Feathers
              7
              He grabbed hold of the stairway bannister on the side of the garage.
              Watch them die
              8
              It was a sort of wild and savage staircase, without bannister or fence.
              A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
              9
              It's like sliding down the bannister instead of using the stairs.
              Wired
              10
              Mr. B. fell and hit his head on a bannister, said one version.
              The new yorker
              11
              She gripped the bannister while her panic-stricken eyes sought Hughie in the crowded office.
              The Fighting Shepherdess
              12
              Harry rounded the bannister and blew past Cameron, who turned to watch him pass.
              James Potter and the Morrigan Web
              13
              There is a small roll of fat, a marble bannister, perched on his hip.
              A Sport and a Pastime
              14
              She went to the stairs, took a firm hold on the bannister and climbed up.
              The Demolished Man
              15
              She arose at once and came down the stairs, holding on to the bannister carefully.
              The Demolished Man
              16
              Through the hallway, a flight of wooden stairs without a bannister descended into the darkness.
              Swan Song
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              Portuguese
              balaustrada
              Bannister through the time