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TUSSAUD
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• TUSSAUD (noun)
The noun TUSSAUD has 1 sense:
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)
Familiarity information: TUSSAUD used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Madame Tussaud; Marie Grosholtz; Marie Tussaud; Tussaud
Instance hypernyms:
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