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Definition of Broadsheet

1. Noun. An advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution. "He mailed the circular to all subscribers"

Definition of Broadsheet

1. Noun. A newspaper having pages of standard dimensions (as opposed to a ''tabloid''), especially one that carries serious treatment of news. ¹

2. Adjective. In the format of a broadsheet. ¹

3. Adjective. Relating to a broadsheet or broadsheets. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Broadsheet

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Broadsheet

Literary usage of Broadsheet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"(Oscott Archives). as a broadsheet the public account of his execution containing "a true copy of the speech . . . with animadversions upon the same". ..."

2. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1846)
"... States—(Chapman announces it with a large broadsheet)—a pamphlet, the contents of which we deem of sufficient significance to attach to our article. ..."

3. The Anti-foreign Riots in China in 1891: With an Appendix by North-China Herald (1892)
"A broadsheet, roughly printed on thin paper, of which the following is a close translation, is being freely circulated among the thousands of students at ..."

4. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1871)
"In some cases the broadsheet, or hand-bill of the exhibitor himself, ... His broadsheet represents him bedizened with finery, holding a scroll and a phial ..."

5. The Economic Writings of Sir William Petty: Together with the Observations by William Petty, John Graunt (1899)
"C, a broadsheet beginning "Lord have Mercy upon us," printed for MS junior, ... F, a broadsheet entitled "London's Loud Cryes to the Lord by Prayer. ..."

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