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sex symbol

noun [C]
 
 

Definition

someone famous who is considered very sexually attractive by many people: Marilyn Monroe is one of the cinema's most famous sex symbols.Sexually attractive people
(Definition of sex symbol noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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