mannequin

or man·i·kin

[ man-i-kin ]

noun

1. a styled and three-dimensional representation of the human form used in window displays, as of clothing; dummy.
2. a wooden figure or model of the human figure used by tailors, dress designers, etc., for fitting or making clothes.
3. a person employed to wear clothing to be photographed or to be displayed before customers, buyers, etc.; a clothes model.
4. lay figure ( def 1 ).

mannequin

/ ˈmænɪkɪn /

noun

1. a woman who wears the clothes displayed at a fashion show; model
2. a life-size dummy of the human body used to fit or display clothes
3. arts another name for lay figure

Word History and Origins

Origin of mannequin¹

1560–70; < French < Dutch; manikin

Word History and Origins

Origin of mannequin¹

C18: via French from Dutch manneken manikin

Example Sentences

To gather such a dataset, they put the headphones on a mannequin head.

From Science Daily

His war council, and his concubine pit, consists of a crew of mannequins.

From Salon

The company's stores also began displaying curvy mannequins nationwide.

From Salon

“Sleeping Beauties” refers to the delicate garments that will be taken from their temperature-controlled, acid-free tissue nests to come to life in new ways in the museum galleries — but not on mannequins.

From Los Angeles Times

This one is more like a hologram of a mannequin.

From Literature

Related Words

• dummy