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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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says in documents poste on its website Thursday that having both lights on at the same time could cause glare for oncoming drivers, increasing the risk of a crash.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2022
Leisurely two-sided correspondences were difficult to sustain, with Chatwin roving from one poste restante to the next.
From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2011
For example, on payment of the usual delivery fee of 25 centimes a parcel may be delivered from the railway station to the local post office, where it will be retained in the poste restante.
From The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study by Smith, A. D.
As a ma�tre de poste could not carry passengers beyond the next adjoining post house, the inconvenience of the frequent changes of horses was very great.
From The History of the Post Office in British North America by Smith, William, Sir
This view is confirmed by an order of the subsequent reign, that "no pacquets or letters," except such as were on the King's affairs, should "binde any poste to ride therewith in post."
From The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 by Joyce, Herbert
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