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placard

[plak-ahrd, -erd]

noun

  1. a paperboard sign or notice, as one posted in a public place or carried by a demonstrator or picketer.

  2. Armor.placate.



verb (used with object)

  1. to display placards on or in.

    The square was placarded by peace marchers.

  2. to publicize, announce, or advertise by means of placards.

  3. to post as a placard.

placard

/ ˈæɑː /

noun

  1. a printed or written notice for public display; poster

  2. a small plaque or card

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to post placards on or in

  2. to publicize or advertise by placards

  3. to display as a placard

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • placarder noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of placard1

1475–85; < Middle French. See plaque, -ard
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Word History and Origins

Origin of placard1

C15: from Old French plaquart, from plaquier to plate, lay flat; see plaque
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Some of them sported Union flags while others held purple placards that read: "Stephen Yaxley-Lennon is the man. Tommy Robinson is the movement."

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Footage showed activists placing the waxwork in front of the embassy alongside signs and placards.

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They picketed with placards reading, “Real Mail Not Email!”

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On Monday, the White House erected a line of placards around its lawn featuring the images of 100 people taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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Others were holding placards or the Kenyan flag.

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