matinee idol

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
matinee idol
    n 1: someone who is adored blindly and excessively [syn: {idol},
         {matinee idol}]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
54 Moby Thesaurus words for "matinee idol":
      Roscius, actor, actress, antagonist, bad guy, barnstormer,
      character, character actor, character man, character woman,
      child actor, cosset, darling, diseur, diseuse, dramatizer,
      favorite, feeder, foil, fondling, heavy, histrio, histrion, idol,
      ingenue, jewel, juvenile, mime, mimer, mimic, minion, monologist,
      mummer, pantomime, pantomimist, pet, playactor, player, preference,
      protean actor, reciter, soubrette, spoiled child, stage performer,
      stage player, stooge, straight man, stroller, strolling player,
      theatrical, thespian, trouper, utility man, villain

    

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