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POSTER (poster)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does poster mean?
• POSTER (noun)
The noun POSTER has 3 senses:
1. a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
2. someone who pastes up bills or placards on walls or billboards
3. a horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers
Familiarity information: POSTER used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
bill; card; notice; placard; poster; posting
Context example:
a poster advertised the coming attractions
Hypernyms ("poster" is a kind of...):
sign (a public display of a message)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "poster"):
show bill; show card; theatrical poster (a poster advertising a show or play)
flash card; flashcard (a card with words or numbers or pictures that is flashed to a class by the teacher)
Derivation:
post (publicize with, or as if with, a poster)
post (affix in a public place or for public notice)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who pastes up bills or placards on walls or billboards
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
bill poster; bill sticker; poster
Hypernyms ("poster" is a kind of...):
worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)
Derivation:
post (publicize with, or as if with, a poster)
post (affix in a public place or for public notice)
post (assign to a post; put into a post)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
post-horse; post horse; poster
Hypernyms ("poster" is a kind of...):
Equus caballus; horse (solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times)
Context examples
Thursday night, "Alien Stock" was held in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada with involvement of original poster Matty Roberts.
(Millions don't turn up to 'storm' US airbase for extraterrestrial evidence, Wikinews)
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