'Marionette' definitions:
Definition of 'marionette'
(from WordNet)
noun
A small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer [syn: puppet, marionette]
Definition of 'Marionette'
From: GCIDE
- Marionette \Mar`i*o*nette"\, n. [F. marionette, prop. a dim. of Marie Mary.]
- 1. A puppet moved by strings, as in a puppet show. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) The buffel duck. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'marionette'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agate,
- ball,
- baseball bat,
- bat,
- battledore,
- bauble,
- blocks,
- bust,
- carving,
- checkerboard,
- chessboard,
- club,
- cockhorse,
- cricket bat,
- cue,
- doll,
- doll carriage,
- dolly,
- dummy,
- fantoccini,
- figure,
- figurehead,
- figurine,
- gewgaw,
- gimcrack,
- gingerbread man,
- golf club,
- hobbyhorse,
- jack-in-the-box,
- jacks,
- jackstones,
- jackstraws,
- kickshaw,
- knickknack,
- lay figure,
- man of straw,
- manikin,
- mannequin,
- marble,
- mig,
- model,
- monument,
- paper doll,
- pick-up sticks,
- pinwheel,
- plaything,
- portrait bust,
- puppet,
- racket,
- rag doll,
- rocking horse,
- scarecrow,
- sculpture,
- snowman,
- sport,
- statuary,
- statue,
- statuette,
- steelie,
- taw,
- teetotum,
- top,
- toy,
- toy soldier,
- trinket,
- wax figure,
- waxwork,
- whim-wham,
- wood carving