Search Result for "manikin":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (3)
1. a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal;
[syn: manikin, mannikin, homunculus]
2. a woman who wears clothes to display fashions;
- Example: "she was too fat to be a mannequin"
[syn: mannequin, manikin, mannikin, manakin, fashion model, model]
3. a life-size dummy used to display clothes;
[syn: mannequin, manikin, mannikin, manakin, form]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Manikin \Man"i*kin\, n. [Also spelled mannikin.] [OD. manneken, dim. of man man. See Man, and -kin.] 1. A little man; a dwarf; a pygmy; a manakin. [1913 Webster] 2. A model of the human body, made of papier-mache or other material, commonly in detachable pieces, for exhibiting the different parts and organs, their relative position, etc. [1913 Webster] 3. A mannequin. [PJC] Manila
