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streamer |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Streamer \Stream"er\, n. 1. An ensign, flag, or pennant, which floats in the wind; specifically, a long, narrow, ribbonlike flag. Brave Rupert from afar appears, Whose waving streamers the glad general knows --Dryden. 3. A stream or column of light shooting upward from the horizon, constituting one of the forms of the aurora borealis. --Macaulay. While overhead the North's dumb streamers shoot. --Lowell. 3. (Mining) A searcher for stream tin. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: streamer n 1: light that streams; "streamers of flames" 2: a newspaper headline that runs across the full page [syn: {banner}] 3: a long flag; often tapering [syn: {pennant}, {pennon}, {waft}] 4: long strip of cloth for decoration or advertising [syn: {banner}]
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