1
a
: a usually large printed sheet that often contains pictures and is posted in a public place (as to promote something)
b
: a usually large printed sheet that is put on a wall as decoration
2
: a person who posts something online (see post entry 2 sense 3)
The case is among a growing number of defamation claims nationally that target anonymous Internet posters to websites operated by news media and other owners.—
Jeff Swiatek
Jeff Swiatek
postered; postering; posters
: to put up posters on walls or surfaces : to affix posters to
postered her bedroom walls with images of her favorite athletes
They were not exactly old hands when it came to postering abandoned buildings, walls and fences in the dead of night.—Nancy Kapitanoff
Nancy KapitanoffThat we were in fact postering for so innocuous an event as a poetry reading was cause for greater amusement …—The Baffler
The Baffler
archaic
: a swift traveler
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Noun (2)
we put up a hundred posters announcing the concert
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Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
So, when Rachel recently asked the poster for help packing and moving her belongings, the poster declined.
—Tabitha Parent, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
George Mason, a 40,000-student school, unveiled rules in August to limit, among other things, gatherings and putting up posters.
—Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 9 Dec. 2024
No Business Like Show Business By 1900, The Billboard covered more than best (and worst) practices for bill posters, who early issues reported would glue ads on ash cans, piles of bricks and even, according to the first issue, a dead horse.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 9 Dec. 2024
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Noun
And in Louisiana, in another move facing legal challenges, a law signed this year orders posters of the Ten Commandments to be hung in every public school classroom.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
So, when Rachel recently asked the poster for help packing and moving her belongings, the poster declined.
—Tabitha Parent, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
George Mason, a 40,000-student school, unveiled rules in August to limit, among other things, gatherings and putting up posters.
—Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 9 Dec. 2024
No Business Like Show Business By 1900, The Billboard covered more than best (and worst) practices for bill posters, who early issues reported would glue ads on ash cans, piles of bricks and even, according to the first issue, a dead horse.
—Joe Lynch, Billboard, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Poster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poster. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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