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BNC: 33176 COCA: 23264

marionette

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
marionette /ˌmerijəˈnɛt/ noun
plural marionettes
marionette
/ˌmerijəˈnɛt/
noun
plural marionettes
Learner's definition of MARIONETTE
[count]
: a puppet that is moved by pulling strings or wires that are attached to its body牵线木偶
BNC: 33176 COCA: 23264

marionette

noun

mar·​i·​o·​nette ˌmer-ē-ə-ˈnet How to pronounce marionette (audio)
: a small-scale usually wooden figure (as of a person) with jointed limbs that is moved from above by manipulation of the attached strings or wires

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The marionette will be shown publicly for the first time later this month at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. New York Times, 13 July 2022 Long before Frank Oz brought many Muppets to life, his father, an amateur Dutch puppeteer, made a Hitler marionette as an act of defiance. New York Times, 13 July 2022 The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, which follows a wooden marionette created by grieving woodcarver Geppetto. Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 June 2022 One wonders why a skinny, rebarbative marionette should be getting so much attention. Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022 Also in the cast are Kyanne Lamaya as Fabiana (and her marionette Sabina), Giuseppe Battiston as Señor Stromboli and Lewin Lloyd as Lampwick. Todd Spangler, Variety, 31 May 2022 Academy Award-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro reinvents Carlo Collodi's classic tale of the wooden marionette who is magically brought to life in order to mend the heart of a grieving woodcarver named Geppetto. Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 3 Feb. 2022 The answer may lay with a contraption that looks like an oversized record player with a human marionette on top. The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Jan. 2022 In addition to the puppetry’s metaphorical overtones of manipulation, a historical fact justifies the conceit: Levin ran a marionette theater in Chicago in the 1930s. Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

French marionnette, from Middle French maryonete, from Marion, diminutive of Marie Mary

First Known Use

circa 1620, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of marionette was circa 1620
BNC: 33176 COCA: 23264

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