marionette
To control as if they were a puppetTo control (somebody) as if they were a puppet; to manipulate.
» No... you're just a simple marionette.
Nein ... du bist nur eine einfache Marionette. — samueldora
FiRez · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo control (somebody) as if they were a puppet; to manipulate.
Examples
16 sentencesNo... you're just a simple marionette.
deNein ... du bist nur eine einfache Marionette. — samueldora
Politicians are just marionettes in this reality show.
I thought of making myself a beautiful wooden marionette.
I waited anxiously in the shade of the marionette theater.
ruЯ тревожно ждал в тени кукольного театра. — Selena777
The whole polyglot ghetto watched a marionette show in the square.
Origin
Borrowed from French marionnette. The word had originally meant a small statue of the VirgBorrowed from French marionnette. The word had originally meant a small statue of the Virgin Mary, then also a puppet of her used in religious theatrical presentations, finally generalised to any puppet.
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Forms
marionettes, marionetting, marionetted, marionetted| Base form | marionette · to marionette |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | marionettes |
| Present participle | marionetting |
| Past simple | marionetted |
| Past participle | marionetted |
regular · Lesson
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.