puppet, marionette
(noun) a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer
Source: WordNet® 3.1
marionette (plural marionettes)
A puppet, usually made of wood, which is animated by the pulling of strings.
(obsolete) The buffel duck.
marionette (third-person singular simple present marionettes, present participle marionetting, simple past and past participle marionetted)
(transitive) To control (somebody) as if they were a puppet; to manipulate.
• ortetamine, temeration
Source: Wiktionary
Mar`i*o*nette", n. Etym: [F. marionette, prop. a dim. of Marie Mary.]
1. A puppet moved by strings, as in a puppet show.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The buffel duck.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 April 2025
(noun) food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
