cover girl

noun

: an attractive young woman whose picture appears on a magazine cover

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The prosecutor behind Elizabeth Holmes' guilty verdict said the entrepreneur's fall from Silicon Valley's cover girl to a felon serves as a cautionary tale. Julia Bonavita, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2025 The men’s lifestyle magazine, which was founded by Hugh Hefner in 1953 and featured Marilyn Monroe as its first cover girl, is attempting to make a comeback after facing several tumultuous years. Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 22 Feb. 2025 Hefner told me that his first cover girl, Marilyn Monroe, (dead since 1962) was buried in a drawer at the mausoleum in Westwood Village Memorial Park in Los Angeles. Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025 Many point to Roan’s fiery performances at Coachella in April 2024 as the inflection point of her charging from cult favorite to Rolling Stone-worthy cover girl. Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cover girl

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cover girl was in 1899

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“Cover girl.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cover%20girl. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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