Madame Tussaud

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Definition

Proper noun: - Marie Tussaud (born Anna Maria Grosholtz): A French artist and entrepreneur, famous for creating lifelike wax sculptures. She founded Madame Tussauds, the renowned wax museum in London.

Usage Examples
  • Proper noun:
    • Madame Tussaud learned the art of wax modeling from her mentor, Dr. Philippe Curtius, in Paris.
    • The museum's history dates back to Madame Tussaud herself, who first exhibited her collection in Britain in the early 1800s.
    • Many biographies have been written about the life of Madame Tussaud.
Advanced Usage
  • "A Madame Tussauds": Used informally to refer to a wax museum or an exhibition of wax figures, often implying high realism.
    • The celebrity event was so still and formal, it felt like a Madame Tussauds.
Variants and Related Words
  • Madame Tussauds (Proper noun): The name of the wax museum franchise founded by Marie Tussaud. Note: This is a related but distinct proper noun referring to the institution, not the person.
    • We visited Madame Tussauds to see the wax figure of the president.
Synonyms
  • Wax modeler: A person who creates sculptures from wax.
  • Museum founder: An individual who establishes a museum.
Noun
  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)

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