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
19 June 2025
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
