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marionette

nounverb
Quick answer

As a noun, marionette means a puppet, usually made of wood, which is animated by the pulling of strings. As a verb, it means control (somebody) as if they were a puppet.

Meanings of marionette

4 meanings

noun

  1. A puppet, usually made of wood, which is animated by the pulling of strings.

  2. A small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer

    Similar: puppet
Older and rare meanings (1)

  1. obsoleteThe buffel duck.

verb

  1. To control (somebody) as if they were a puppet; to manipulate.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: a small figure of a person operated from above with strin…
puppet

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