PUPPETEER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

One who operates puppets or marionettes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("puppeteer" is a kind of...):

performer; performing artist (an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience)

Instance hyponyms:

Henson; Jim Henson (United States puppeteer who created a troupe of puppet characters (1936-1990))

Derivation:

puppet (a doll with a hollow head of a person or animal and a cloth body; intended to fit over the hand and be manipulated with the fingers)

puppet (a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer)