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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When he was 9, Boobie asked his father to buy him a football poster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
A bit farther down, I’d find the poster who spoke only in comments lifted from forums about the mallcore metal act Avenged Sevenfold.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
Other famous alumni include Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie and Kim Kardashian—all of whom became poster children for a later era of L.A. wealth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
For some, Brook became the poster boy of everything they disliked about the Bazball era, both for what happened off the field and for the way he plays the game on it.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
The poster above the T-shirts is of an old-timey black-and-white photograph of a lighthouse.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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