/ Dictionary / Index B bannister: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: ban•nis•ter Pronunciation: (ban'u-stur), [key] banister. Ban•nis•ter Pronunciation: (ban'u-stur), [key] born 1929, English track and field athlete: first to run a mile in less than four minutes. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: bannister (Thesaurus) Banning bannock Related Content Daily Word Quiz: secular Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language