poster

[poh-ster]

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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.

Origin of poster

First recorded in 1830–40; post¹ + -er¹

poster

[poh-ster]

noun

post horse.

Archaic. a person who travels rapidly.

Origin of poster

First recorded in 1595–1605; post³ + -er¹

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Examples from the Web for poster

Contemporary Examples of poster

“EOTS is a poster child for one of the ills of the acquisition process,” the official said.
Newest U.S. Stealth Fighter ‘10 Years Behind’ Older Jets
Dave Majumdar
December 26, 2014
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.
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind
Brin-Jonathan Butler
December 19, 2014
They have made Keystone XL the poster child of their climate-change efforts.
Why the Keystone XL Pipeline May Not Be Built
Robert Bryce
November 19, 2014
“She fought so Damn hard,” the poster added in a follow-up comment.
Did the Amber Lynn Coplin Murder Photos Sicken the Creeps of 4Chan?
Michael Daly
November 6, 2014
Her giggles, her beautiful beaming face – Anne Marie would be my Ebola poster child.
The Life of a Liberian Child with Ebola
Sarah Crowe
November 5, 2014

Historical Examples of poster

Now, a gent with special fine eyes might find that you looked like the gent on this poster.
Way of the Lawless
Max Brand
He crumpled the poster and inserted it beneath the lid of his iron stove.
Way of the Lawless
Max Brand
What would he, so fastidious as he was, think of that poster?
The Bacillus of Beauty
Harriet Stark
It was a poster on a high fence, and it had a black border around it.
The Harbor
Ernest Poole
Then he caught sight of Bibi-the-Smoker, who was also reading the poster.
L'Assommoir
Emile Zola

British Dictionary definitions for poster

poster

noun

a large printed picture, used for decoration

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for poster

"bill, placard, thing posted," 1838, from post (v.1). Poster boy/girl/child "someone given prominence in certain causes" is attested by 1990, in reference to fund-raising drives for charities associated with disability, featuring child sufferers, a feature since 1930s.