Found 2 items, similar to marionette.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: marionette marionette n : a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer [syn: puppet]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Marionette 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. (Zo["o]l.) The buffel duck. [1913 Webster]