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
Example Sentences
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They have posted images of workers spraying chemicals and used artificial intelligence to make illustrations resembling movie posters and old-fashioned magazine ads, some with surfers under the slogan “Endless Herbicides.”
From Los Angeles Times
Shah's poster shows him waving while holding a small basket of dates in his other hand.
From BBC
If Hulu’s “Shoresy” is the poster child for successfully balancing raunch and heart, “Ted” is on the opposite end — crass and lazy.
From MarketWatch
On one hand, “someone can argue that Block is not exactly a poster child of an efficiently run company,” noting “duplicate cost functions across Block” on a historical basis.
From MarketWatch
The posters that hang in hospitals and clinics are nothing more than Band-Aids placed on a wound that won’t heal without surgery.
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