[mar-ee-uh-net] 
| a puppet manipulated from above by strings attached to its jointed limbs. |
mar·i·o·nette (mār'ē-ə-nět')  (click for larger image in new window) n. A jointed puppet manipulated from above by strings or wires attached to its limbs. [French marionnette, from Old French, musical instrument, diminutive of mariole, the Virgin Mary (influenced by the name Marion), from diminutive of Marie, Mary, from Late Latin Maria; see Mary1.] |
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