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noun

Placard n.

A public proclamation; a manifesto or edict issued by authority. (Obs.) "All placards or edicts are published in his name."

Permission given by authority; a license; as, to give a placard to do something. (Obs.)

A written or printed paper, as an advertisement or a declaration, posted, or to be posted, in a public place; a poster.

(Anc. Armor) An extra plate on the lower part of the breastplate or backplate.

A kind of stomacher, often adorned with jewels, worn in the fifteenth century and later.

verb

Placard v. t. (past & past part. placarded; pres. part. placarding)

To post placards upon or within; as, to placard a wall, to placard the city.

To announce by placards; as, to placard a sale.

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Etymology of 'Placard'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Placard" Quotes from Famous Books

... on 8th, 18th, and 28th days of every month." Such was the purport of a placard, which used to tempt me daily, as I passed the temple Cho-o-ji. Having ascertained that neither the preacher nor his congregation would have any objection to my hearing one of these sermons, I made arrangements to attend ...

— Tales of Old Japan • Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford

... another placard, headed by that awful word: MURDER—which seemed to leap out at me from the rest. And, with that word, there rushed over me the memory of Charmian as I had seen her stand—white-lipped, haggard of eye, and—with one hand hidden in the folds of ...

— The Broad Highway • Jeffery Farnol

... began work on our programme. The burglary was well executed an' advertised. It achieved a fair amount of publicity—not too much, you know, but enough. The place was photographed by the reporters with the placard 'For Sale' showin' plainly on the front lawn. The advertisin' was worth almost as much as the diamonds. Tom said that his wife had lost ...

— Keeping up with Lizzie • Irving Bacheller

... tall man, of a disdainful air, dressed in black, and of a cold, unsympathetic expression. The whole scene represented the libraries and the public. The demon pointed out with his finger a skiff freshly decked out with all sails set and instead of a flag bearing a placard. Then with a peal of sardonic laughter, he read with a thundering ...

— The Physiology of Marriage, Part I. • Honore de Balzac

... past him. A gay throng in evening dress was crowding into the opera. The huge placard announced, "Norma—Mlle. Lenormand—Royal Opera Troupe." How he would have liked to hear it, with Lenormand in the title role. He laughed as he recalled the episodes in Vienna which were associated with this queen of song. He waved his hand as the opera house sank in the distance. "Au revoir, ...

— The Puppet Crown • Harold MacGrath

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