madame tussaud

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madame tussaud

A woman admires a wax figure of a famous singer at Madame Tussauds.

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.
madame tussaud

A woman admires a wax figure of a famous singer at Madame Tussauds.

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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