body double

English

Noun

body double (plural body doubles)

1. A film stand-in for an actor, in scenes not involving the face, especially during scenes of nudity, or of dangerous activity.
2. A political decoy; a person employed to impersonate a politician, in order to draw attention away from the real person or to take risks on their behalf.

Translations

film stand-in

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 替身 (tìshēn)

• Japanese: 影武者 (ja) (kagemusha)
• Polish: dubler (pl) m
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• Portuguese: dublê de corpo m or f
• Romanian: dublură (ro) f
• Russian: дублёр (ru) m (dubljór)

political decoy

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 替身 (tìshēn)

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See also

• stunt double
• stuntman
• understudy