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

While clearly not intentional, Brom has become the poster child for a new law enacted in 2023 when the DFL controlled both houses of the Legislature and the governor’s office. —Matthew Stolle, Twin Cities, 2 Aug. 2025

While many Mexican goods, including the poster child avocado, have received a reprieve from the Trump administration’s trade war on Mexico, the humble tomato has been carved out for enforcement. —David Shortell, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 July 2025

Its current poster child is 24-year-old Atalanta forward Charles De Ketelaere. —Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 10 July 2025

Nvidia became the poster child for the AI market rally that led the S&P 500 to back-to-back years of more than 20% growth. —Paolo Confino, Fortune, 9 July 2025

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