mannequin

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a life-size model of the human body used to display or fit clothing

   The shop dressed the mannequin in its new winter collection.

2. 2
   noun

   a jointed model of the human figure used by artists or for anatomical demonstration

   The painter adjusted the wooden mannequin to study the pose.

3. 3
   noun

   dated: a person employed to model clothes

   The designer hired a mannequin to present the evening gowns.

Simplified etymology

Mannequin came into English through French from Dutch manneken “little man,” the same source as manikin. It was adopted for a model in the late 19th century.

Borrowed from French mannequin, from Middle Dutch mannekijn, 'little man,' a diminutive of man. The word first named a small human figure or artist's model, then a dress-display figure and, historically, a fashion model.

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