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MARIE GROSHOLTZ

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MARIE GROSHOLTZ (noun)
  The noun MARIE GROSHOLTZ has 1 sense:

1. French modeler (resident in England after 1802) who made wax death masks of prominent victims of the French Revolution and toured Britain with her wax models; in 1835 she opened a permanent waxworks exhibition in London (1761-1850)play

  Familiarity information: MARIE GROSHOLTZ used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


MARIE GROSHOLTZ (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

French modeler (resident in England after 1802) who made wax death masks of prominent victims of the French Revolution and toured Britain with her wax models; in 1835 she opened a permanent waxworks exhibition in London (1761-1850)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Madame Tussaud; Marie Grosholtz; Marie Tussaud; Tussaud

Instance hypernyms:

modeler; modeller (a person who creates models)


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