Hypertext Webster Gateway: "marionette"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Marionette \Mar`i*o*nette"\, n. [F. marionette, prop. a dim. of
Marie Mary.]
1. A puppet moved by strings, as in a puppet show.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The buffel duck.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
marionette
n : a small figure of a person operated from above with strings
by a puppeteer [syn: {puppet}]
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