mannequin
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈmænɪkɪn/
- Archaic
:
modelo
- Now you look like mannequin.
- dressed mannequin
- store mannequins
- department store mannequins
Examples
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Was how she looked that important, and would anyone actually kiss a mannequin?
Fiction book (1997) -
The mannequin stands before a color photomural of a model on a catwalk in Dakar.
Academic text (2001) -
How are you going to look like a model, move like a mannequin?
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You're the mannequin guy, right?
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She looks just like that mannequin there.
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Positioned in front of them, Birdie looked like a mannequin in a bridal shop that had gone out of business.
Fiction book (1999) -
One mannequin wore a Chanel suit, and I insisted a Balenciaga silk scarf be slipped inside her purse.
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Christy Turlington and Amber Valletta, two of the hottest mannequins, arrived almost at the same time.
Fiction book (1994) -
A casual row of stylishly costumed mannequins with blank-moon faces, silvery-blind eyes, parted lips, and oddly, no hair.
Fiction book (2002) -
The designer dressed the mannequin in the latest fashion collection for the runway show.
Synonyms
368
3.9
A person who shows clothes or poses for photos
10
2.7
A person who wears clothes to show them at shows or in photos
A woman who models clothes in fashion shows or ads
A woman who models clothes in fashion shows or photos
A person who wears dresses to show them at fittings or fashion shows
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mannequin comes from French and an old Dutch word manneken, which means 'little man' and contains the root man for 'man'. Because small figures were used to show clothes, the same word came to mean a person who models clothes, which is why a fashion model can be called a mannequin.