poster boy

noun

: a male poster child

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One of the country’s youngest-ever leaders, Trudeau quickly became a poster boy for Canada’s progressive values on the global stage – acting as an antithesis to Trump during the incoming US president’s first term. Lex Harvey, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024 Despite being the chief suspect in the shooting and murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Luigi Mangione has to some become a poster boy for the injustices of America’s healthcare system. Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024 Bellingham, whose brilliant overhead kick against Slovakia kept England’s knockout adventure rolling, is a poster boy for all of Birmingham. Philip Buckingham, The Athletic, 13 July 2024 Mark Cuban should not be the face, the poster boy, for the Democratic Party. Hady Mawajdeh, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 See all Example Sentences for poster boy 

Word History

First Known Use

1946, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of poster boy was in 1946

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“Poster boy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poster%20boy. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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