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POSTER BOY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does poster boy mean?
• POSTER BOY (noun)
The noun POSTER BOY has 1 sense:
1. a male poster child
Familiarity information: POSTER BOY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A male poster child
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("poster boy" is a kind of...):
poster child (a child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes)
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