manikin Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal
    homunculus; mannikin.
  2. noun a woman who wears clothes to display fashions
    mannequin; manakin; fashion model; model; mannikin.
    • she was too fat to be a mannequin
  3. noun a life-size dummy used to display clothes
    manakin; form; mannequin; mannikin.

WordNet

Man"i*kin noun
Etymology
OD. manneken, dim. of man man. See Man, and -kin.
Definitions
  1. A little man; a dwarf; a pygmy; a manakin.
  2. A model of the human body, made of papier-mache or other material, commonly in detachable pieces, for exhibiting the different parts and organs, their relative position, etc.

Webster 1913