Other forms: marionettes
A marionette is a puppet moved by strings from above. A wooden marionette, work the marionette, a marionette theatre.
The control bar takes years to master, since a convincing walk means the weight shifting from one foot to the other. The name is a diminutive of Marie: the earliest ones were figures of the Virgin used in religious plays.
1nounmarionetteA puppet moved by strings from above.
“The puppeteer made the wooden marionette dance across the tiny stage.”
marionette is a puppet.
French marionnette is a diminutive of Marie, from small figures of the Virgin used in religious theatre.
French
marionnette
English, today
marionette
Borrowed 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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA