puppeteer
English
noun
Definitions
- A person who uses a puppet.
- (figurative) Someone who is manipulative and thus able to get people to do what they want or events to develop in the way they want, respectively, in a puppet-like manner.
Etymology
Suffix from English puppet.
Origin
English
puppet
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Cognates and derived terms
- meat English
- meatpuppet English
- meatpuppeteer English
- puppet English
- puppeteering English
- puppetish English
- puppetless English
- puppetlike English
- puppetman English
- puppetmaster English
- puppetry English
- telepuppet English
- poupette Old French
- puppet army Chinese