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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Daniel Estrin, NPR, 15 Feb. 2025
Chalamet came into the theater, picked up a sharpie and signed his name on a poster in the lobby, as is tradition for actors with movies playing in Berlin.
—Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
An October 2022 Facebook post by Mooresville police shows a photo of Shockley with officers holding a large yellow poster thanking the officers who responded when Shockley was hit by a drunken driver.
—Lex Harvey, Holly Yan and Rebekah Riess, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
Detained in 2016 for allegedly stealing a propaganda poster, Warmbier was released in a vegetative state and died six days after returning home.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The hostages were brought onto a stage, where a slogan on a large poster alluded to President Trump's plan to transfer Gaza's entire population to neighboring countries.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 15 Feb. 2025
Chalamet came into the theater, picked up a sharpie and signed his name on a poster in the lobby, as is tradition for actors with movies playing in Berlin.
—Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
An October 2022 Facebook post by Mooresville police shows a photo of Shockley with officers holding a large yellow poster thanking the officers who responded when Shockley was hit by a drunken driver.
—Lex Harvey, Holly Yan and Rebekah Riess, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
Detained in 2016 for allegedly stealing a propaganda poster, Warmbier was released in a vegetative state and died six days after returning home.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Poster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poster. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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