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Definition of: placard
(plak′ärd) noun
1. A printed or written paper publicly displayed, as a proclamation or poster.
2. A tag or plate bearing the owner's name.
—pla·card (plə·kärd′, plak′ärd) v.t.
1. To announce by means of placards.
2. To post placards on or in.
3. To display as a placard. [<OF plackart <plaquier plaster, lay flat <M Flemish placken bedaub, plaster]
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