mannequin

Meaning

Noun

• A dummy, or life-size model of the human body, used for the fitting or displaying of clothes
• A jointed model of the human body used by artists, especially to demonstrate the arrangement of drapery
• An anatomical model of the human body for use in teaching of e.g. CPR
• A person who models clothes

Origin

• From the French mannequin, from the Dutch manneken ("little man"), diminutive of Dutch man ("man"), equivalent to man + -kin; compare ramequin/ramekin. manikin.