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MARIONETTE
puppet, marionette
(noun) a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
marionette (plural marionettes)
A puppet, usually made of wood, which is animated by the pulling of strings.
(obsolete) The buffel duck.
Verb
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.
Anagrams
• 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
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