poster boy

Variant of poster child

poster child definition

poster child

a person, originally a child, or thing presented as a symbol or archetype as in advancing some cause
now also poster boy (or girl, etc.) poster boy (or girl, etc.)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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