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Poster

//ˈpoʊstɚ// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.

    "He has posters of his favorite band, sports teams and holiday resorts up."

  2. 2
    A posthorse. dated

    "we whirled along with four posters at a gallop"

  3. 3
    a horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers wordnet
  4. 4
    An advertisement to be posted on a pole, wall etc. to advertise something.

    "I saw a poster for the film on the side of a bus."

  5. 5
    A swift traveller; a courier. archaic

    "posters of the sea and land"

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  1. 6
    a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement wordnet
  2. 7
    One who posts a message. Internet

    "Some posters left the online message board after the squabble."

  3. 8
    someone who pastes up bills or placards on walls or billboards wordnet
  4. 9
    A shot that hits a goalpost, scoring one point. informal
  5. 10
    A shot that hits a goalpost instead of passing into the goal. slang

    "We got three posters in the third and lost."

  6. 11
    A dunk over a defending player.
Verb
  1. 1
    To decorate with posters. transitive

    "to poster the walls of a bedroom"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From post + -er.

Etymology 2

From post + -er.

Etymology 3

From post + -er, from post (“travel, dispatch”).

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