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poster child


poster child

noun

Definition of POSTER CHILD

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 (as a cause)
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Examples of POSTER CHILD

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

First Known Use of POSTER CHILD

1969

Rhymes with POSTER CHILD

deuces wild, flower child, latchkey child

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