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Definition of Marionette
1. Noun. A small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer.
Definition of Marionette
1. n. A puppet moved by strings, as in a puppet show.
Definition of Marionette
1. Noun. A string puppet, usually made of wood, which is animated by the pulling of strings. ¹
2. Noun. (zoology) The buffel duck. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Marionette
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Marionette
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1. A puppet moved by strings, as in a puppet show.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Marionette
Literary usage of Marionette
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Comedians All by George Jean Nathan (1919)
"89 The marionette.—For the dramatist, the marionette surpasses the living actor
in the ... For all the wood out of which the marionette, like the violin, ..."
2. Bulletin by Geological Survey of Western Australia (1917)
"Table showing the Yield of the marionette. ... This mine is situated at a distance
of about one mile north of the marionette. Pig. 13. ..."
3. The Dramatic Instinct in Education by Elnora Whitman Curtis (1914)
"marionette OR PUPPET PLAY THE moving picture has been developed largely in the
interest of adult audiences; the puppet or marionette play, so little known, ..."
4. Patience: Or, Bunthorne's Bride by William Schwenck Gilbert (1902)
"... To cultivate the trim Rigidity of limb, You ought to get a marionette, and
form voui style on him (attitude). COLONEL (attitude) Yes, it's quite clear ..."
5. Myanmar (Burma) by Helmut Köllner, Axel Bruns (1998)
"BURMESE marionette THEATER In countless pagodas and markets throughout ...
The history of marionette theater in Burma extends back for more than 500 years. ..."
6. A Book of Marionettes by Helen (Haiman) Joseph (1920)
"... Stage BY RAYMOND O'NEIL The marionette stage shown in the diagram has a
proscenium opening six feet long by four feet high and is meant for productions ..."
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