mannequin

American  

[man-i-kin] / ˈmæn ɪ kɪn /

Or manikin

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.

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mannequin British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of mannequin

1560–70; < French < Dutch; manikin

Example Sentences

He had to operate out of shotgun, as opposed to being under center, wasn’t as sharp and accurate as he typically is, and protected a gloved left hand that looked borrowed from a Macy’s mannequin.

From Los Angeles Times

“I want to make people feel that way,” Sevilla said on the second-to-last day of the class, practicing with electric clippers on a mannequin’s hair.

From Seattle Times

References to Mozart’s time during the ball scene at the end of Act I include, oddly, a slew of cheap-looking masked, gowned mannequins in the windows.

From New York Times

Her color work included abstract images of torn posters, reflections of store displays in puddles and mannequins leaning in storefronts.

From New York Times

“In those days she was a shop-window mannequin, with no personality of her own, entirely defined by what she wore.”

From New York Times

Related Words

• dummy