poster

[ poh-ster ]

/ ˈpoʊ stər /

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noun

a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.

a large print of a painting, photograph, etc., used to decorate a wall: posters of street scenes.

a person who posts bills, placards, etc.

Digital Technology. a person who posts or submits an online message to a message board: The previous poster in this thread was off-topic.

Words nearby poster

postductal, poste restante, postelection, postembryonic, postemergence, poster, poster board, poster boy, poster child, poster color, poster paint

Origin of poster

First recorded in 1830–40; post¹ + -er¹

Definition for poster (2 of 2)

poster²

[ poh-ster ]

/ ˈpoʊ stər /

noun

post horse.

Archaic. a person who travels rapidly.

Origin of poster

First recorded in 1595–1605; post³ + -er¹

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Example sentences from the Web for poster

“EOTS is a poster child for one of the ills of the acquisition process,” the official said.
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Before I could apologize to his mother he ran back out to the living room with a poster of his dad and opened it up for me to see.
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They have made Keystone XL the poster child of their climate-change efforts.
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“She fought so Damn hard,” the poster added in a follow-up comment.
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Her giggles, her beautiful beaming face – Anne Marie would be my Ebola poster child.
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Do you know whether Mr. Dickinson, the poster artist, is up here?
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On the way home Sally insisted on stopping in front of the poster and explaining to Liza all about the scene represented.
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When he wrote across the picture those eight descending chords from the immortal Largo he made of the poster—a poem.
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It is largely used in commerce, for instance, and one may find classical fable and symbolism reduced to a trade mark or a poster.
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Craft appeared upon the face of Maurice, like a poster pasted on a wall.
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British Dictionary definitions for poster

poster

/ (ˈpəʊstə) /

noun

a large printed picture, used for decoration

a placard or bill posted in a public place as an advertisement

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poster

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