placard

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  1. noun A sign or notice for display in a public place.
  2. noun A small card or plaque, such as a nameplate on a door.
  3. transitive verb To announce or advertise by means of placards.

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poster ·  handbill ·  sticker ·  pamphlet ·  pennant ·  billboard ·  brochure ·  banner ·  advertisement ·  streamer

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placard:   placards
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, official document, from Old French, from plaquier, to plaster, piece together, from Middle Dutch placken, to patch.

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  1. Formerly also placart and plackard; = Middle Dutch plackaerd, from Old French placard, placart, plaquart, from French placard, plaquard (= Spanish obsolete placarte), a placard, a writing pasted on a wall, etc., also rough-cast on walls (Old French also a plate, a part of armor, a piece of money), (plaquer, stick or paste on, also roughcast (from Dutch plakken, glue or fasten up, plaster), from plaque, a plate, panel, piece of money, etc.: see plack, plaque. Cf. placcate.
  2. from placard, n.
 

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/pləˈkɑrd/
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