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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