mannequin

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: man=ne=quin

CIDE DICTIONARY

mannequin, n. 

•  a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; a fashion model.  [WordNet 1.5]
•  A three-dimensional model of a person, used to display clothes, especially in retail stores and in window displays; a dummy.  [WordNet 1.5]
•  A model of a human form used by tailors to help make clothing of the proper shape.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mannequin, n.
1 a model employed by a dressmaker etc. to show clothes to customers.
2 a window dummy.

Etymology

F, = MANIKIN

THESAURUS

mannequin

bust, carving, clay model, doll, dolly, dummy, fantoccini, figure, figurehead, figurine, gingerbread man, lay figure, man of straw, manikin, marionette, mock-up, model, monument, pilot model, portrait bust, puppet, scarecrow, sculpture, snowman, statuary, statue, statuette, wax figure, waxwork, wood carving, wood model