puppeteer

English

Etymology

puppet +‎ -eer

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

puppeteer (plural puppeteers)

A person who uses a puppet.
(figuratively) Someone who is manipulative and thus able to get people to do what they want or events to develop in the way they want, respectively, in a puppet-like manner.

Derived terms

Translations

person who uses a puppet

Azerbaijani: kuklaçı
Czech: loutkoherec m, loutkář m
Dutch: poppenspeler (nl) m
Esperanto: marionetisto, marionetistino
French: marionnettiste (fr) m or f
German: Puppenspieler (de) m, Puppenspielerin f
Hungarian: bábjátékos (hu)
Indonesian: dalang (id)

Italian: burattinaio m, burattinaia f
Polish: lalkarz (pl) m
Portuguese: marionetista m or f, fantocheiro m
Romanian: păpușar (ro) m, marionetist (ro) m (rare), marionetistă f (rare)
Russian: куклово́д (ru) m (kuklovód), ку́кольник (ru) m (kúkolʹnik)
Spanish: titiritero (es) m
Swedish: dockspelare c, marionettspelare c
Turkish: kuklacı (tr)

someone who is manipulative

Chinese:
Mandarin: 控制狂

French: manipulateur (fr) m
Romanian: manipulant (ro) m, manipulator (ro) m

Verb

puppeteer (third-person singular simple present puppeteers, present participle puppeteering, simple past and past participle puppeteered)

To control a person, event, or organisation.

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