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puppeteer

[ puhp-i-teer ]

noun

  1. a person who manipulates puppets, as in a puppet show.


verb (used without object)

  1. to work as a puppeteer, by making puppets perform.

puppeteer

/ ˌpʌpɪˈtɪə /

noun

  1. a person who manipulates puppets
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of puppeteer1

First recorded in 1925–30; puppet + -eer
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Example Sentences

If the puppeteer is doing their job expertly, they fall away and the puppet takes center stage.

She is a professional puppeteer, but that is not the most interesting fact about her.

Just being in the kitchen with a puppet, talking to her — and the puppeteer Michelle Zamora is an incredible woman, as well, super talented — it reminded me of how important it is to keep that spirit of childhood alive, especially in the kitchen.

From Eater

We’ll be covering that with all the details in our next installment before moving on to scraping by scripting with Puppeteer.

How her role became more “maternal rather than marital,” and branding Hawking an “all-powerful emperor” and “masterly puppeteer.”

What would you rather watch: A speech by Ted Cruz or a performance by an anarchist puppeteer?

Three men have come forward to accuse Sesame Street puppeteer Kevin Clash of having sex with them when they were minors.

Three men have come forward to accuse ‘Sesame Street’ puppeteer Kevin Clash of having sex with them when they were minors.

The first man to accuse Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash tells Maria Elena Fernandez how the relationship began.

I found by hasty experiments that Homer's mind was capable of controlling and manipulating the imbecile, like a puppeteer.

Hell, Ill bet you pull more strings around this ship than a puppeteer.

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