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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 bannister
 欄杆

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ban·is·ter n.
 1. A baluster.
 2.  (sing. or pl.) The balustrade of a staircase.  Formerly used in this sense mostly in the plural, now mostly in the singular.  [Also spelled bannister.]
    He struggled to ascend the pulpit stairs, holding hard on the banisters.    --=\Sir W. Scott.\=
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Bannister
      n 1: English runner who in 1954 became the first person to run a
           mile in less than four minutes (born in 1929) [syn: Roger
            Bannister, Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister]
      2: a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent
         people from falling [syn: banister, balustrade, balusters,
          handrail]