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plac⋅ard
[plak-ahrd, -erd] 
ɑrd
–noun
| 1. | a paperboard sign or notice, as one posted in a public place or carried by a demonstrator or picketer. |
| 2. | Armor. placate 2 . |
–verb (used with object)
| 3. | to display placards on or in: The square was placarded by peace marchers. |
| 4. | to publicize, announce, or advertise by means of placards. |
| 5. | to post as a placard. |
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| plac·ard (plāk'ärd', -ərd) n.
[Middle English, official document, from Old French, from plaquier, to plaster, piece together, from Middle Dutch placken, to patch.] plac'ard'er n. |
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Placard
Pla*card"\, n. [F., fr. plaquer to lay or clap on, plaque plate, tablet; probably from Dutch, cf. D. plakken to paste, post up, plak a flat piece of wood.]1. A public proclamation; a manifesto or edict issued by authority. [Obs.] All placards or edicts are published in his name. --Howell. 2. Permission given by authority; a license; as, to give a placard to do something. [Obs.] --ller. 3. A written or printed paper, as an advertisement or a declaration, posted, or to be posted, in a public place; a poster. 4. (Anc. Armor) An extra plate on the lower part of the breastplate or backplate. --Planch['e]. 5. [Cf. Placket.] A kind of stomacher, often adorned with jewels, worn in the fifteenth century and later.Placard
Pla*card"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Placarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Placarding.]1. To post placards upon or within; as, to placard a wall, to placard the city. 2. To announce by placards; as, to placard a sale.
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Language Translation for : placard
Spanish:
pancarta,
German:
das Plakat,
Japanese:
プラカード
placard
1481, "formal document authenticated by an affixed seal," from M.Fr. placquard "official document with a large, flat seal," also "plate of armor," from O.Fr. plaquier "to piece together, stick, plaster," from M.Du. placken "to patch" (a garment), "to plaster," related to placke "patch, stain." Meaning "poster" first recorded 1560, though this sense is in M.Fr. from 15c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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