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

Word History and Origins

Origin of puppeteer¹

First recorded in 1925–30; puppet + -eer

Example Sentences

It’s a magnification of childhood playtime, a puppet show in which the puppets have broken loose from the puppeteers.

From Los Angeles Times

“The Song of the North,” based on a classic Persian love story and presented near the Iranian New Year, promises breathtaking visuals through the use of 483 handmade shadow puppets wielded by talented puppeteers.

From Los Angeles Times

I don’t try and control or puppeteer anything beyond that because the space that I’m in, you’re in, we’re in, it is so subjective.

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These animals, the creation of inspired puppet designer Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell, are fluidly deployed by a team of graceful puppeteers, who preserve the essential dignity of these creatures without effacing their ferocity.

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The were different levels of interactivity, as one show gave us interview prompts, another had us act as puppeteers of a sort, and elsewhere we were instructed to do some rudimentary bad street dancing.

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