puppet master
Americannoun
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puppet masters
plural
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a puppeteer; a person who puts on a puppet show.
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a person who secretly controls the actions of another, often through manipulation.
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Dunk, a hedge knight who cannot abide the strong preying on the weak, might have intervened regardless of his romantic feelings for Tanselle, the Dornish puppet master who treated him kindly.
From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2026
"I believe Neil Foden is like a puppet master, a master manipulator," he said.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2025
Oh, did I mention Neo had a human puppet master, controlling it with a VR headset?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
Nvidia has become a puppet master of the AI ecosystem.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2025
And she stood there like a puppet strung up by a puppet master who had gone off to some other hobby.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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