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noun
- a baluster.
- Sometimes banisters. the balustrade of a staircase.
pl n
- the railing and supporting balusters on a staircase; balustrade
1660s, unexplained corruption of baluster. As late as 1830 condemned as “vulgar,” it is now accepted. Surname Bannister is from Old French banastre “basket,” hence, “basket-maker.”
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