puppet master

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puppet master

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* puppetmaster

noun puppet masters

  1. A person who entertains with, or operates puppets; a puppeteer.

    Similar: puppeteer

  2. broadly, figuratively A person who controls other people or events. Puppet-masters were making us all jump and bray, Malik Solanka fretted. While we marionettes dance, who is yanking our strings?

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@misc{puppet_master_2026,
  title = {puppet master},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/puppet%20master},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}