Poster


[poh-ster] /ˈpoʊ stər/

noun
1.
a placard or bill or intended for in a public place, as for advertising.
2.
a person who bills, placards, etc.
3.
Digital Technology. a person who posts or submits an online message to a message board:
The previous poster in this thread was off-topic.
[poh-ster] /ˈpoʊ stər/
noun
1.
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2.
Archaic. a person who travels rapidly.
/ˈpəʊstə/
noun
1.
a large printed picture, used for decoration
2.
a placard or bill posted in a public place as an advertisement
n.

“bill, placard, thing posted,” 1838, from post (v.1). Poster boy/girl/child “someone given prominence in certain causes” is attested by 1990, in reference to fund-raising drives for charities associated with disability, featuring child sufferers, a feature since 1930s.

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