Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who entertains with and operates puppets or marionettes.
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- noun A person who uses a
puppet . - noun figuratively Someone who is
manipulative and able to get others to do what they want in a puppet-like manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one who operates puppets or marionettes
Etymologies
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Examples
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They may be similar in that particular action other than that it's possibly the same puppeteer is pulling the strings.
Matalin: With Afghan surge, Obama resembles George W. Bush 2009
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The earliest appearance of the word puppeteer in the New York Times was in the May 23, 1920, article, "Puppeteering as a Fine Art," which covers Van Volkenburg and other puppeteers of the time.
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"Louise Martin tells us that 'they did not know what to call the manipulator-actor back in that day,' and that Van Volkenburg, with some misgivings, hit on the word puppeteer following from the term for a mule-driver, a muleteer."
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"Louise Martin tells us that 'they did not know what to call the manipulator-actor back in that day,' and that Van Volkenburg, with some misgivings, hit on the word puppeteer following from the term for a mule-driver, a muleteer."
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But the fact that, in my case, the word puppeteer also includes designing and building, in addition to performing, was new information.
Updating my portfolio maryrobinette 2010
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The earliest appearance of the word puppeteer in the New York Times was in the May 23, 1920, article, "Puppeteering as a Fine Art," which covers Van Volkenburg and other puppeteers of the time.
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Edgerton is not usually credited as the person who coined the word puppeteer, however.
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Edgerton is not usually credited as the person who coined the word puppeteer, however.
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Puppets can't participate in open discussions unless the puppeteer is pulling the strings.
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I am one, but I identify as a puppeteer and more recently as an SF writer.
Why don’t I talk about props? maryrobinette 2009
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