poster
1
9.9
- noun
- /ˈpoʊstər/
- Archaic
:
caballo de posta
Examples
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I'm sure I shall in that fine old colonial four-poster.
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And you beside me on that marvelous old four-poster upstairs.
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As on all other evenings, he approached his grandmother's poster bed where she sat waiting in a white dressing gown, propped against a half dozen pillows.
Fiction book (2002) -
I imagined she'd be slipping into a quilted bathrobe exactly like her roommate's, and scrubbing her face, and brushing her teeth, and settling down for the night in her four-poster bed.
Fiction book (1998) -
In the stable, a reliable poster awaited travelers needing a mount for their journeys.
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During the 18th century, many inns had a poster ready for mail carriers to use after long nights.
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The post house provided a sturdy poster for those who required horses during their travels.
Synonyms
14
4.9
A horse kept and used for riding
A horse kept at an inn for hire to travelers or by mail carriers
Compounds
- Formal
11
3.9
A public notice with a photo and details of a person police are looking for
Surface Forms
Morphology
poster = post (opaque) = post + er
Although the word is historically built from 'post' + '-er', the specialized sense 'horse kept at a post house' is not readily recoverable for most learners.
Etymology
Historically, a poster was a horse kept at a post 'a station for mail and travellers' ready to carry riders or letters between stations. Because these horses were kept for travel, a poster once meant a horse for hire on a journey.