'Marionette' definitions:

Definition of 'marionette'

From: WordNet
noun
A small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer [syn: puppet, marionette]

Definition of 'Marionette'

From: GCIDE
  • Marionette \Mar`i*o*nette"\, n. [F. marionette, prop. a dim. of Marie Mary.]
  • 1. A puppet moved by strings, as in a puppet show. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Zool.) The buffel duck. [1913 Webster]