poster boy
Americannoun
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a male child whose image is used on a poster or in an advertisement for a cause or organization.
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a male person who exemplifies or represents a specific cause, ideal, characteristic, etc.
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a male person appearing on a poster as a pinup.
noun
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a person who appears on a poster
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a person who typifies or represents a particular characteristic, cause, opinion, etc
a poster girl for late motherhood
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Billed as the new poster boy for Bosnian football, the German-born winger has often been used as a substitute at international level, including both play-off ties, but started both friendlies before the World Cup.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
“I take a lot of things in stride,” adding that being “the poster boy for high ticket prices” is “the last thing you prefer to be. But that’s how it went.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
Kyrgios said he has not given "a thought" to the possibility he could become a poster boy for misogynists ready to criticise women's sport if he beats Sabalenka.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025
Makowsky calls Garfield “a poster boy for the American dream,” rising from poverty to the nation’s top office.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025
When the Idaho Statesman ran its feature on Internet- obsessed kids in 1995, with Jesse as the Net-addict poster boy, he told the reporter he spent thirty-five to forty hours a week on the Net.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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