... is a French spelling from the mid eighteenth century Middle Dutch. 'A life size jointed figure or dummy used for displaying clothes' first appeared in English in 1939. Its relative 'manakin' meaning 'little man' in a contemptuous tone, appeared in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
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Mannequin...
... is a French spelling from the mid eighteenth century Middle Dutch. 'A life size jointed figure or dummy used for displaying clothes' first appeared in English in 1939. Its relative 'manakin' meaning 'little man' in a contemptuous tone, appeared in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.