effigy
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[edit] Etymology
From French effigie, from Latin effigiēs (“likeness, effigy”), from effingō (“represent, portray”).
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[edit] Noun
effigy (plural effigies)
- a dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated.
- a likeness of a person.
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[edit] Translations
dummy or other crude representation
likeness of a person