supermodel
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From super- + model. First written example dates from 1942 in the English language, in common use since the late 1980s.[1] Sometimes incorrectly attributed to supermodel Janice Dickinson.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]supermodel (plural supermodels)
- A highly paid, famous fashion model.
- 2022 March 11, Sophie Lee, “How Kendall Jenner Became the Highest Paid Supermodel in the World”, in L'Officiel[1]:
- Kendall Jenner first earned the title of the "world's highest paid supermodel" in 2018 when Forbes released an article asserting that she had raked in $22.5 million that year.
- (dated) A technological improvement over an invention's previous model.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]famous fashion model
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ supermodel at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
Further reading
[edit]supermodel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia