HyperDic: marie_grosholtz

English > 1 sense of the expression Marie Grosholtz:
NOUNperson Marie Grosholtz, Tussaud, Marie Tussaud, Madame TussaudFrench 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
English > Marie Grosholtz: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningFrench 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).
SynonymsTussaud, Marie Tussaud, Madame Tussaud
Instance ofmodeler, modellerA person who creates models
SpanishMarie Tussaud
CatalanMarie Tussaud

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