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puppetmaster

puppetmaster is the alternative form of puppet master.

Meaning of puppet master

Noun

puppet master (plural puppet masters)

  1. A person who entertains with, or operates puppets; a puppeteer.
    Synonyms:
    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?2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 8

Forms of puppetmaster

pluralpuppetmasters

Origin of puppetmaster

From puppet + master.

Questions about puppetmaster

What is puppetmaster the alternative form of?
Puppetmaster is the alternative form of puppet master.

Words near puppetmaster in the dictionary

  1. puppetizing
  2. puppetless
  3. puppetlike
  4. puppetmaking
  5. puppetman
  6. puppetmaster
  7. puppetmasters
  8. puppetmen
  9. puppetries
  10. puppetry
  11. puppets

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