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Webster 1913 Edition


Poster

Post′er

,
Noun.
1.
A large bill or placard intended to be posted in public places.
2.
One who posts bills; a billposter.

Post′er

,
Noun.
1.
One who posts, or travels expeditiously; a courier.
Posters of the sea and land.”
Shak.
2.
A post horse.
Posters at full gallop.”
C. Lever.

Webster 1828 Edition


Poster

POSTER

,
Noun.
One who posts; also, a courier; one that travels expeditiously.

Definition 2024


Poster

Poster

See also: poster and póster

German

Noun

Poster n (genitive Posters, plural Poster)

  1. poster (A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.)

Declension

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poster

See also: Poster and póster

English

Noun

A poster of Tan Kin Lian, a candidate in the 2011 presidential election in Singapore

poster (plural posters)

  1. (Internet) One who posts a message.
    Some posters left the online message board after the squabble.
  2. An advertisement to be posted on a pole, wall etc. to advertise something.
    I saw a poster for it on the side of a bus.
  3. 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.
  4. (ice hockey, slang) A shot which only hits a goal post without going in
    We got three posters in the third and lost.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

poster (third-person singular simple present posters, present participle postering, simple past and past participle postered)

  1. (transitive) To decorate with posters.
    to poster the walls of a bedroom

Etymology 2

from to post (travel, dispatch) + -er

Noun

poster (plural posters)

  1. (dated) A posthorse.
    • C. Lever
      Posters at full gallop.
  2. (archaic) A swift traveler; a courier.
    • Shakespeare
      Posters of the sea and land.

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Dutch

Etymology 1

From Dutch posten.

Noun

poster m (plural posters, diminutive postertje n)

  1. One who sets out posts, such as sentinels

Etymology 2

From English poster.

Noun

poster m (plural posters, diminutive postertje n)

  1. A billboard to be posted on a public or private place
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French

Etymology 1

From poste (the mail (service)) + -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔs.te/

Verb

poster

  1. (transitive) To post, (put in the) mail
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From poste (military post) + -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔs.te/

Verb

poster

  1. (transitive, military) To post
Conjugation

Etymology 3

from English poster.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔs.teʁ/

Noun

poster m (plural posters)

  1. poster (A billboard to be posted on a public or private place)
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • postériser

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Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English post + -er.

Verb

poster

  1. (Jersey) to post

Swedish

Etymology

from English poster

Noun

poster c

  1. a poster; picture of celebrity, activity etc. to be posted
  2. indefinite plural of post

Declension

Inflection of poster 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative poster postern postrar postrarna
Genitive posters posterns postrars postrarnas

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