poster

n. 1. One who posts, or travels expeditiously; a courier. “Posters of the sea and land.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A post horse. “Posters at full gallop.” C. Lever. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. posterior, compar. of posterus coming after, from post after. See Post-. ] 1. Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hesiod was posterior to Homer. Broome. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Situated behind; hinder; -- opposed to anterior. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anat.) At or toward the caudal extremity; caudal; -- in human anatomy often used for dorsal. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Bot.) On the side next the axis of inflorescence; -- said of an axillary flower. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. postériorité. ] The state of being later or subsequent; as, posteriority of time, or of an event; -- opposed to priority. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Subsequently in time; also, behind in position. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. The hinder parts, as of an animal's body. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. posteritas: cf. F. postérité. See Posterior. ] 1. The race that proceeds from a progenitor; offspring to the furthest generation; the aggregate number of persons who are descended from an ancestor of a generation; descendants; -- contrasted with ancestry; as, the posterity of Abraham. [ 1913 Webster ]

If [ the crown ] should not stand in thy posterity. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Succeeding generations; future times. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their names shall be transmitted to posterity. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their names shall be transmitted to posterity. Smalridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. posterne, posterle, F. poterne, fr. L. posterula, fr. posterus coming after. See Posterior. ] 1. Originally, a back door or gate; a private entrance; hence, any small door or gate. [ 1913 Webster ]

He by a privy postern took his flight. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Out at the postern, by the abbey wall. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Fort.) A subterraneous passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks. Mahan. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Back; being behind; private. “The postern door.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]