[わらにんぎょう, waraningyou] (n) straw doll or figure; straw effigy[Add to Longdo]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Effigy \Ef"fi*gy\, n.; pl. {Effigies}. [L. effigies, fr.
effingere to form, fashion; ex + fingere to form, shape,
devise. See {Feign}.]
The image, likeness, or representation of a person, whether a
full figure, or a part; an imitative figure; -- commonly
applied to sculptured likenesses, as those on monuments, or
to those of the heads of princes on coins and medals,
sometimes applied to portraits.
[1913 Webster]
{To burn in effigy}, or {To hang in effigy}, to burn or to
hang an image or picture of a person, as a token of public
odium.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
effigy
n 1: a representation of a person (especially in the form of
sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the
emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone" [syn:
{effigy}, {image}, {simulacrum}]
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