Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who posts bills; a bill-poster.
- noun A broad-side or placard intended for pasting or nailing upon a post or wall in some public place; an advertisement.
- noun One who posts; or travels as post; one who travels expeditiously.
- noun A post-horse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who posts, or travels expeditiously; a courier.
- noun A post horse.
- noun A large bill or placard intended to be posted in public places.
- noun One who posts bills; a billposter.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
posts amessage . - noun One who
posts , or travels expeditiously; acourier . - noun dated A
posthorse . - noun An
advertisement to be posted on a pole,wall etc. toadvertise something. - noun A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.
- noun ice hockey, slang A
shot which only hits agoal post without going in - noun A post-horse
- noun archaic A
swift traveler
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
- noun a horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers
- noun someone who pastes up bills or placards on walls or billboards
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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And here ` s what I hope for Owen; I want him to heal, and I think he would be a phenomenal -- I hate to use the term poster child, but representative for younger people to see if you ` re aching, if you ` re in pain, don ` t-- just don ` t worry about the status junk.
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I would assume that the poster is a lonely person with no appreciable skills, probably young and with no education.
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I guess this poster is a prime example of “Lies, damn lies, and statistics.”
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And, and the poster is an early stage of the costume, kinda like the Mark I
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A: Recourse — can post response in the comments — this poster is a psychopath.
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I would assume that the poster is a lonely person with no appreciable skills, probably young and with no education.
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I think the idea of the poster is a good one, too.
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And the personal attack doesn't really carry much validity when the poster is a star commentator - yeah he really keeps coming back under different usernames. peanut_butter piyo
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The only thing I like about this poster is the dark tone.
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After that first comment, the poster is automatically approved for anything in the future (unless they do something that actively triggers the spam filter).
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