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.—
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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
Examples of poster in a Sentence
Noun (2)
we put up a hundred posters announcing the concert
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Peter Baugh, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Speaking from inside the Jacksonville stadium — and inside a room with poster renderings of the finished product in 2028 — Chiefs team president Mark Donovan said Monday the organization is taking the next step toward establishing its future home.
—Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
In fact, many of the posters, my colleagues and I have noticed, seem to be marked with verbatim messages in similar handwriting; had Schiffmann not only courted the vandalism but also instigated it?
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2025
Conniving commenters suggested that the poster’s husband gives his coworker a fake recipe.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Matt Pesklewis, his roommate and hockey teammate, had arrived before him and already put up a Pink Floyd poster.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Speaking from inside the Jacksonville stadium — and inside a room with poster renderings of the finished product in 2028 — Chiefs team president Mark Donovan said Monday the organization is taking the next step toward establishing its future home.
—Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
In fact, many of the posters, my colleagues and I have noticed, seem to be marked with verbatim messages in similar handwriting; had Schiffmann not only courted the vandalism but also instigated it?
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2025
Conniving commenters suggested that the poster’s husband gives his coworker a fake recipe.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Poster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poster. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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