mannequins

Noun

mannequin (plural mannequins)

1. A dummy, or life-size model of the human body, used for martial arts training or the fitting or displaying of clothes.
   • At the same time, Mr. Bolton was intrigued by Mr. Sundsbo’s proposal to make models look like mannequins because it spoke to the blurring of boundaries — between good and evil, angels and demons, nature and technology, permanence and decay — that was a consistent theme of the McQueen collections.2011 April 13, Eric Wilson, “A Mannequin in Every Sense”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
2. A jointed model of the human body used by artists, especially to demonstrate the arrangement of drapery.
3. An anatomical model of the human body for use in teaching of e.g. CPR.
4. (dated) A person who models clothes.
   • She screamed out direction to various mannequins. "Clothilde, Virginie, quickly, my little ones, the little tailleur gris clair and the robe de soirée ‘soupir d'automne.’ Marcelle, my child, the little mimosa suit of crêpe de chine." It was a charming morning. Marcelle, Clothilde, Virginie, bored...1928, Agatha Christie, The Mystery of the Blue Train

   Synonyms:

   fashion model