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Poster Child meaning in English

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Poster Child

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Noun

1. poster child

a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes

Example Sentences:
'she was the poster child for muscular dystrophy'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Poster Child

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noun mainly US
1.  a poster child for something
2. 
a celebrity who appears on posters or advertisements
The current national poster child is a tiny, freckle-faced redhead.

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Poster Child

see synonyms of poster child
a person, originally a child, or thing presented as a symbol or archetype as in advancing some cause
: now also poster boy (or girl, etc.)

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Poster Child

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n.
1. A child who appears on a poster as a member of a group benefited by a charitable organization: a poster child for muscular dystrophy.
2. A person who is a prominent example or type of something: "He was a living poster child for the evil potential of inherited wealth" (Jim Harrison).

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