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

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

From Washington Blade

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

From Washington Post

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.

From Search Engine Land

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg