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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)

Example Sentences

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

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of poster child was in 1938

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