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mannequin

man·ne·quin

UK/ˈman.ɪ.kɪn/ US/ˈmæn.ɪ.kɪn/ uncommon dated

noun

1.

a woman who wears clothes to display fashions

  • “she was too fat to be a mannequin”
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Origin

Borrowed from French mannequin, derived from Old French [Term?] (“little man, figurine”), derived from Middle Dutch mannekin (“little man”) or mannekijn (see English manikin), diminutive of man (“man”). By surface analysis, man + -kin. Compare ramequin/ramekin. Doublet of manakin and manikin.

Phrases

  • little man

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