glamour boy

noun

: a very popular and attractive man (as a player in a sport) who gets a lot of attention
He's one of the glamour boys of the football league.

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Khrushchev considered Kennedy a lightweight, a glamour boy who had attained his presidency with his father’s money and who was in way over his head. — WSJ, 23 Nov. 2023

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“Glamour boy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glamour%20boy. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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