marionette

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Noun

marionette (plural marionettes)

1. A puppet, usually made of wood, which is animated by the pulling of strings.
   • 1885 — Gilbert and Sullivan, The Mikado

     If you think we are worked by strings,

     Like a Japanese marionette,

     You don't understand these things:

     It is simply Court etiquette.

2. The buffel duck.

Translations

• French: marionnette
• German: Marionette
• Italian: marionetta
• Portuguese: marionete
• Russian: марионе́тка
• Spanish: marioneta

Verb

marionette (marionettes, present participle marionetting; past and past participle marionetted)

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

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