poster
1 Americannoun
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a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
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a large print of a painting, photograph, etc., used to decorate a wall.
posters of street scenes.
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a person who posts bills, placards, etc.
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Digital Technology. a person who posts or submits an online message to a message board.
The previous poster in this thread was off-topic.
noun
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a large printed picture, used for decoration
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a placard or bill posted in a public place as an advertisement
Etymology
Origin of poster1
First recorded in 1830–40; post 1 + -er 1
Origin of poster2
Vocabulary lists containing poster
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Several such stories included headlines with the phrase: “Cambridge’s diversity poster boy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Seoul -- the poster child of the AI-stoked stock market boom -- rallied more than one percent as chipmakers SK hynix and Samsung continued to recover from last month's selloff.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
They lit candles, grasped rosaries and passed out poster boards and N-95 masks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Author and prolific poster Joyce Carol-Oates questioned whether McConnell was involved in the statement at all.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
Mom and Oma, Madge’s trombone, and my wide poster boards don’t fit into the elevator.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
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