marionette

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 See also 2 Interlingua 2.1 Noun 3 Italian 3.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From French, la marionette. One of the first figures to be made into a marionette was the Virgin Mary, hence the name.

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛt

[edit] Noun

marionette (plural marionettes)

1. A string puppet, usually made of wood, which is animated by the pulling of strings.

[edit] Quotations

• 1885 — Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado

  If you think we are worked by strings,

  Like a Japanese marionette,

  You don't understand these things:

  It is simply Court etiquette.

[edit] Derived terms

• marionettist

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• Marionette on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Marionettes in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

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[edit] Interlingua

[edit] Noun

marionette

1. marionette

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

marionette f.

1. Plural form of marionetta.