matinée idol

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noun

a male actor, usually a leading man, idolized especially by female audiences.

Origin of matinée idol

First recorded in 1900–05

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Contemporary Examples

In the old days of fame, matinee-idol actors and pin-up picture actresses may have been dim bulbs.
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Historical Examples

There is that really august being of matinee-idol figure at—well, let us say at Forty-second Street.
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British Dictionary definitions for matinee idol

matinée idol

noun

(esp in the 1930s and 1940s) an actor popular as a romantic figure among women

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Examples from the Web for matinee idol

Contemporary Examples

In the old days of fame, matinee-idol actors and pin-up picture actresses may have been dim bulbs.

Historical Examples

There is that really august being of matinee-idol figure at—well, let us say at Forty-second Street.

matinée idol

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