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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun marionette has 1 sense
- marionette(n = noun.artifact) puppet - a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer; Array is a kind of figure
CIDE DICTIONARY
marionette, n. [F. marionette, prop. a dim. of Marie Mary.].
- A puppet moved by strings, as in a puppet show. [1913 Webster]
- The buffel duck. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
marionette, n. a puppet worked by strings.
Etymology
F marionnette f. Marion dimin. of Marie Mary
THESAURUS
marionette
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 carvingROGET THESAURUS
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Representation
N representation, representment, imitation, illustration, delineation, depictment, imagery, portraiture, iconography, design, designing, art, fine arts, painting, sculpture, engraving, photography, cinematography, radiography, autoradiography, fluorography, sciagraphy, personation, personification, impersonation, drama, picture, photo, photograph, daguerreotype, snapshot, X-ray photo, movie film, movie, tracing, scan, TV image, video image, image file, graphics, computer graphics, televideo, closed-circuit TV, copy, drawing, sketch, drought, draft, plot, chart, figure, scheme, image, likeness, icon, portrait, striking likeness, speaking likeness, very image, effigy, facsimile, figure, figure head, puppet, doll, figurine, aglet, manikin, lay- figure, model, mammet, marionette, fantoccini, waxwork, bust, statue, statuette, ideograph, hieroglyphic, anaglyph, kanji, diagram, monogram, map, plan, chart, ground plan, projection, elevation (plan), ichnography, cartography, atlas, outline, scheme, view, radiograph, scotograph, sciagraph, spectrogram, heliogram, represent, representing, representative, illustrative, represented, imitative, figurative, iconic, like, graphic, cinquecento quattrocento, trecento.VB copy, drawing, sketch, drought, draft, plot, chart, figure, scheme, image, likeness, icon, portrait, striking likeness, speaking likeness, very image, effigy, facsimile, figure, figure head, puppet, doll, figurine, aglet, manikin, lay- figure, model, mammet, marionette, fantoccini, waxwork, bust, statue, statuette, ideograph, hieroglyphic, anaglyph, kanji, diagram, monogram, map, plan, chart, ground plan, projection, elevation (plan), ichnography, cartography, atlas, outline, scheme, view, radiograph, scotograph, sciagraph, spectrogram, heliogram, V, represent, delineate, depict, depicture, portray, take a likeness, catch a likeness, hit off, photograph, daguerreotype, snapshot, figure, shadow forth, shadow out, adumbrate, body forth, describe, trace, copy, mold, dress up, illustrate, symbolize, paint, carve, engrave, personate, personify, impersonate, assume a character, pose as, act, play, mimic, hold the mirror up to nature.
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