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Definition of Poster
1. Noun. A sign posted in a public place as an advertisement. "A poster advertised the coming attractions"
Generic synonyms: Sign
Specialized synonyms: Show Bill, Show Card, Theatrical Poster, Flash Card, Flashcard
Derivative terms: Bill, Bill, Placard, Placard, Post, Post, Post, Post, Post
2. Noun. Someone who pastes up bills or placards on walls or billboards.
3. Noun. A horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers.
Definition of Poster
1. n. A large bill or placard intended to be posted in public places.
2. n. One who posts, or travels expeditiously; a courier.
Definition of Poster
1. Noun. A person who posts. ¹
2. Noun. An advertisement to be posted on a pole, wall etc. to advertise something. ¹
3. Noun. A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall. ¹
4. Noun. (ice hockey slang) A shot which only hits a goal post without going in ¹
5. Noun. A post-horse ¹
6. Noun. (archaic) A swift traveler ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Poster
1. a printed or written notice for posting [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poster
Literary usage of Poster
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New International Encyclopædia by Daniel Colt Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"Another more original poster maker is the often harshly realistic Toulouse-Lautrec,
... The poster has kept pace with the impressionistic, the symbolistic, ..."
2. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1913)
"So it offered a prize for the prettiest girl in the whole state, to be the model
for the official poster of the fiesta. And the whole state responded. ..."
3. A Parody Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1904)
"THE poster GIRL THE blessed poster girl leaned out From a pinky-purple heaven.
One eye was red and one was green; Her bang was cut uneven ; She had three ..."
4. Banner Bearers: Tales of the Suffrage Campaigns by Oreola Williams Haskell (1920)
""The National" was setting out its poster display. ... As she spoke she surveyed
with an amused eye the poster that she held. This was labeled "Raising the ..."
5. Prevention Plus III: Assessing Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Programs at by Jean A. Linney, Abraham Wandersman (1993)
"Of the outcomes listed, check the ones that apply to your program and add any
others on the lines provided. production of a poster by at least 90% of the ..."
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