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Pronunciation : Pla*card"
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F., fr. plaquer to lay or clap on, plaque plate, tablet; probably from Dutch, cf. D. plakken to paste, post up, plak a flat piece of wood.]
Definition : 1. A public proclamation; a manifesto or edict issued by authority. [Obs.] All placards or edicts are published in his name. Howell.

2. Permission given by authority; a license; as, to give a placard to do something. [Obs.] ller.

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

4. (Anc. Armor)

Defn: An extra plate on the lower part of the breastplate or backplate. Planch?.

5. Etym: [Cf. Placket.]

Defn: A kind of stomacher, often adorned with jewels, worn in the fifteenth century and later.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Pla*card"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To post placards upon or within; as, to placard a wall, to placard the city.

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

t. [imp. & p. p. Placarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Placarding.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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