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post⋅er

1  [poh-ster]
–noun
1. a placard or bill posted or intended for posting in a public place, as for advertising.
2. a person who posts bills, placards, etc.
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Origin:
1830–40; post 1 + -er 1
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post⋅er

2  [poh-ster]
–noun
1. post horse.
2. Archaic. a person who travels rapidly.
Origin:
1595–1605; post 3 + -er 1

post horse

 
–noun
a horse kept, as at a station on a post road, for the use of persons riding post or for hire by travelers.
Also called poster.

Origin:
1520–30
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post·er 1   (pō'stər)   
n.  

    1. A large, usually printed placard, bill, or announcement, often illustrated, that is posted to advertise or publicize something.

    2. An artistic work, often a reproduction of an original painting or photograph, printed on a large sheet of paper.

  2. One that posts bills or notices.

post·er 2   (pō'stər)   
n.   Archaic
One that travels in speed or with haste.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

poster 
1838, from post (1) in the verbal sense of "fasten to a post" (1633). Poster boy/girl/child "someone given prominence in certain causes" is from 1980s, in ref. to fund-raising drives for charities associated with disability, featuring child sufferers, a feature since 1930s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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