matinée idol
noun
a male actor, usually a leading man, idolized especially by female audiences.
Origin of matinée idol
First recorded in 1900–05
Words nearby matinée idol
mating,
mating ball,
matins,
matinée,
matinée coat,
matinée idol,
matisse,
matisse, henri,
matjes herring,
matlo,
matlock
Example sentences from the Web for matinee idol
In the old days of fame, matinee-idol actors and pin-up picture actresses may have been dim bulbs.
There is that really august being of matinee-idol figure at—well, let us say at Forty-second Street.
Turns about Town |Robert Cortes Holliday
British Dictionary definitions for matinee idol
matinée idol
noun
(esp in the 1930s and 1940s) an actor popular as a romantic figure among women