Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who manipulates, in any sense of that word.
- noun An exercising-machine, or a device for rubbing the body.
- noun In photography, a tool for holding a glass plate during preparation or development.
- noun In telegraphy, the transmitter of a dialtelegraph.
- noun A machine for handling hot blooms and billets in iron- and steel-manufacturing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who manipulates, sometimes in an underhanded or fraudulent manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Agent noun ofmanipulate ; one who manipulates. - noun A device which can be used to
move ,arrange oroperate something. - noun A
puppeteer , especially one controllingmarionettes .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an agent that operates some apparatus or machine
- noun a person who handles things manually
Etymologies
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Examples
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You are what they call a manipulator of stocks; that means that you're living on the weaknesses of other people, and it almost means that you get your daily bread, yes, and your cake and your wine, too, from the production of others.
The Easiest Way Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911 Eugene Walter 1907
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The master feel good mind manipulator is saddened by her wayward "Jesus" and must come reining down to spread her pixie dust and re-christen the Annointed One.
Oprah Winfrey to tape Christmas special at the White House 2009
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Greenberg is known as the "manipulator" due to her willingness to embrace technology in enhancing her work; she purchased Adobe Photoshop as soon as it was released.
Jill Greenberg's 'Glass Ceiling' In New York (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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On the other hand, every vile manipulator is entitled to the best possible defense.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Louisiana Parish Government Suing Online Commenters for Libel 2010
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Greenberg is known as the "manipulator" due to her willingness to embrace technology in enhancing her work; she purchased Adobe Photoshop as soon as it was released.
Jill Greenberg's 'Glass Ceiling' In New York (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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On the other hand, every vile manipulator is entitled to the best possible defense.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Louisiana Parish Government Suing Online Commenters for Libel 2010
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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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A manipulator is a manipulator, whether in sepia or sex.
Sepia The Year in Pictures 2009
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McBride is an amazingly skilled card and coin manipulator and while this performance didn't have the power of some of the ones we've seen when he does closeup coin or card manipulation, it was very entertaining . . .
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