poster child

noun

1

: a child who has a disease and is pictured in posters to solicit funds for combating the disease

2

: a person having a public image that is identified with something (such as a cause)

Examples of poster child in a Sentence

She was a stirring speaker and activist and soon became the poster child of the antiwar movement.

Recent Examples on the Web

Holmes was once an icon in the tech world, serving as a poster child for the limitless ambitions and potential of Silicon Valley. — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026

Then there’s cloud computing, which, before the arrival of GenAI, was the poster child for transformational tech. — Carl D'halluin, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Signorello Estate — a Napa Valley winery that rebuilt after becoming the poster child of the Atlas fire when its tasting room burned to the ground — filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Sam Darnold was the poster child of situational performance last season, performing exceedingly well as the Seahawks won their second Super Bowl. — Jeff Howe, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for poster child

• domiciled
• reconciled
• undefiled
• beguiled
• brainchild
• compiled
• defiled
• exiled
• grandchild
• profiled
• refiled
• reviled