MARIONETTE


Meaning of MARIONETTE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌmer-ē-ə-ˈnet ]

noun

Etymology: French marionnette, from Middle French maryonete, from Marion, diminutive of Marie Mary

Date: circa 1620

: a small-scale usually wooden figure (as of a person) with jointed limbs that is moved from above by manipulation of the attached strings or wires

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.