| NOUN | person | 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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| Meaning | A child afflicted by some disease or deformity whose picture is used on posters to raise money for charitable purposes. | |
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| Example | "she was the poster child for muscular dystrophy" | |
| Narrower | poster boy | A male poster child |
| poster girl | A female poster child | |
| Broader | child, kid, youngster, minor, shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, fry, nestling | A young person of either sex |
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