puppeteer
noun
pup·pe·teer
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Definition of puppeteer
: one who manipulates puppets
Examples of puppeteer in a Sentence
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Fisher also serves as the lead puppeteer and CFX coordinator on His Dark Materials. — Nick Romano, EW.com, "Meet the daemons: HBO's His Dark Materials reveals voice cast," 30 Aug. 2019 Focus on County Executive Abele The union characterizes Abele as a sort of puppeteer controlling the ongoing negotiations — a claim his office denied. — Alison Dirr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Milwaukee County transit union talks resume as system predicts up to $8 million budget gap," 24 July 2019 Entire production created and performed by Northside puppeteer Terrence Burke. — Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, "Apollo 11 anniversary celebrations and events in Cincinnati, worth a drive," 16 July 2019 The four-day affair will feature the work of 200-plus juried artists from all over the U.S., street food from 30 vendors and a children’s area featuring arts and crafts as well as performances by puppeteers, clowns and local actors. — Greg Crawford, Detroit Free Press, "The weekend: Art fairs in Plymouth, Wyandotte; Italian, Polish fests in Sterling Heights," 10 July 2019 Glover joked in reference the puppeteers behind The Muppets and Sesame Street. — Nick Romano, EW.com, "Donald Glover casually roars onto Jimmy Kimmel Live in The Lion King suit," 10 July 2019 The puppeteer behind those moves, which set the table for L.A.’s three-peat at the beginning of the century, was one Jerry West, then the Lakers GM, now a Clippers consultant. — Jack Mccallum, SI.com, "A Clippers Summer: How L.A.’s ‘Other’ Team Stole the NBA Offseason," 9 July 2019 The audience should ignore the puppeteers, which can be tricky as there might be two actors operating one puppet. — Annie Alleman, chicagotribune.com, "Follow Metropolis stage to 'Avenue Q'," 30 Apr. 2018 The dæmons — the living manifestation of every human’s inner self, which takes the shape of an animal of some kind — were brought to life by a combination of puppeteers and CGI. — Mary Sollosi, EW.com, "The stars of HBO's His Dark Materials reveal what their dæmons would be," 18 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'puppeteer.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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puppeteer
noun
English Language Learners Definition of puppeteer
: a person who uses puppets in performances to entertain people
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