poster boy
Americannoun
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poster boys
plural
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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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Seoul's Kospi -- which has been Asia's poster boy for the rally -- sank more than one percent and has lost more than 20 percent since hitting a record high last month.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
He would also become the de facto poster boy of Weiss’s network reinvention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
There is the obvious link with Salah widely seen as a poster boy for both the Middle East and Arab world and such a connection will be massive.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
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
In addition to having won the Heisman and being a three-time all-American, Matthew was a poster boy for the NFL and had a fat Nike contract.
From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson
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