Associations to the word «Marionette»

Wiktionary

MARIONETTE, noun. A puppet, usually made of wood, which is animated by the pulling of strings.
MARIONETTE, noun. (zoology) The buffel duck.
MARIONETTE, verb. (transitive) To control (somebody) as if they were a puppet; to manipulate.

Dictionary definition

MARIONETTE, noun. A small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca