ROGER BANNISTER

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• ROGER BANNISTER (noun)
  The noun ROGER BANNISTER has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ROGER BANNISTER used as a noun is very rare.

• ROGER BANNISTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bannister; Roger Bannister; Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister

Instance hypernyms:

four-minute man (someone who has run the mile in less that 4 minutes)