MANNIKIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mannikin mean? 

• MANNIKIN (noun)
  The noun MANNIKIN has 3 senses:

1. a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal

2. a woman who wears clothes to display fashions

3. a life-size dummy used to display clothes

  Familiarity information: MANNIKIN used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANNIKIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

homunculus; manikin; mannikin

Hypernyms ("mannikin" is a kind of...):

small person (a person of below average size)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A woman who wears clothes to display fashions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

fashion model; manakin; manikin; mannequin; mannikin; model

Context example:

she was too fat to be a mannequin

Hypernyms ("mannikin" is a kind of...):

assistant; help; helper; supporter (a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mannikin"):

supermodel (a fashion model who has attained the status of a celebrity)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A life-size dummy used to display clothes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

form; manakin; manikin; mannequin; mannikin

Hypernyms ("mannikin" is a kind of...):

dummy (a figure representing the human form)

 Context examples 

In front of this creature was an absurd mannikin, or dwarf, in human form, who stood staring at it.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)