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poster noun2. M19.
[from POST verb1 + -ER1.]
A person who puts up notices, a billposter. M19.
A printed or written notice posted or displayed in a public place as an announcement or advertisement. Now also, a large printed picture (which may or may not be an advertisement) suitable for decorative display on a wall. M19.
E. Longford Posters..announcing..a public meeting. M. Gardiner A vintage year for London Underground posters.
b. (A presentation at) a poster session (see below). L20.
Computing. A person who sends a message to a newsgroup. L20.
Comb.: poster boy N. Amer. (a) a male poster child; (b) a male model who appears in a print advertisement; poster child N. Amer. a child who appears on a poster in an advertisement for a charitable organization; transf. a person who epitomizes or represents a specified quality, cause, etc.; poster colour an opaque paint with a water-soluble binder, such as is used on posters; poster girl N. Amer. (a) a female poster child; (b) a female model who appears in a print advertisement; poster paint = poster colour above; poster paper: of a kind used for posters; poster session a meeting of scientists etc. at which their work is displayed pictorially.
posterish adjective (esp. of a painting) characteristic or suggestive of a poster or posters M20.
posterist noun a designer of posters E20.
posteri'zation noun (Photography) the process of posterizing a photograph M20.
posterize verb trans. (Photography) print (a photograph) using only a small number of different tones M20.