cover boy

American  

noun

1. an attractive young man whose picture is featured on a magazine cover.

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Example Sentences

And if you didn’t know any better, Allen, the Commanders’ cover boy for stoicism, was actually smiling.

From Washington Post • Nov. 20, 2022

Now he is the voice of the game on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball, one half of America’s sweetheart couple with Jennifer Lopez, a Vanity Fair cover boy.

From Washington Times • Jan. 28, 2018

That would be a miscast Orlando Bloom as a shady military vet, who despite his straggly hair and tattoos, transmits all the potentially lethal edge of a GQ cover boy.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2017

McGregor's showmanship has earned him both huge attention — he was a Sports Illustrated cover boy — and revenue, and fans and cameras flock to the fighter.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2016

Lawrence had been talent-spotted by Time-, his elevation to the magazine’s cover boy as the symbol of modern American science would soon follow.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik