placard
a paperboard sign or notice, as one posted in a public place or carried by a demonstrator or picketer.
Armor. placate2.
to display placards on or in: The square was placarded by peace marchers.
to publicize, announce, or advertise by means of placards.
to post as a placard.
Origin of placard
1Other words from placard
- plac·ard·er, noun
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How to use placard in a sentence
Tomorrow they should hold placards of the cartoons Charlie Hebdo had printed.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Our Duty Is to Keep Charlie Hebdo Alive | Ayaan Hirsi Ali | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe museum contains no placards in English, but does have English-speaking tour guides.
The Never-Ending Falklands War: In Buenos Aires, A Museum's Selective History | Michael Luongo | August 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI left the Parliament building and saw placards of Sharansky.
Magnitsky Plaza? Let’s Rename the Streets Outside Dictators’ Embassies | James Kirchick | November 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTFrom T-shirts to placards to hash tags, “Where is Amarildo?”
Hence the graffiti and placards in Tahrir attacking Obama and U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Anne Patterson.
Egypt’s Declaration of Independence: Not So Different From Ours | Christopher Dickey | July 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Should he disregard the placards directing him to keep to the right or to the left of the track, he is almost certainly shot.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonThey had read the placards, they wished to see what the placards had announced, and to make their choice beforehand.
Camille (La Dame aux Camilias) | Alexandre Dumas, filsNumber five street showed up the fading placards of a news shop, and the cold stillness of a Sunday morning factory.
Our Churches and Chapels | AtticusImmediately placards were issued from Conciliation Hall, and were posted in town and country, announcing the event.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanPlacards were exhibited and effigies were set up, but the people in general were quiet.
The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2 | Egerton Ryerson
British Dictionary definitions for placard
/ (ˈplækɑːd) /
a printed or written notice for public display; poster
a small plaque or card
to post placards on or in
to publicize or advertise by placards
to display as a placard
Origin of placard
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