NOUN | person | Marie Tussaud, Tussaud, Madame Tussaud, Marie Grosholtz | 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 |
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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). | |
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Synonyms | Tussaud, Madame Tussaud, Marie Grosholtz | |
Instance of | modeler, modeller | A person who creates models |
Spanish | Marie Tussaud | |
Catalan | Marie Tussaud |
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