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Yeah, we pretty much had a form and a shape by that time - a style - and I think one of the advantages of not having any relationship to any other puppeteer was that it gave me a reason to put those together myself for the needs of television.
Jim Henson

Meaning of "puppeteer" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PUPPETEER

puppeteer  [ˌpʌpɪˈtɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUPPETEER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Puppeteer is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PUPPETEER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

puppeteer

Puppeteer

A puppeteer is a person who manipulates an inanimate object, such as a puppet, in real time to create the illusion of life. The puppeteer may be visible to or hidden from the audience. A puppeteer can operate a puppet indirectly by the use of strings, rods, wires, electronics or directly by his or her own hands placed inside the puppet or holding it externally. Some puppet styles require puppeteers to work together as a team to create a single puppet character. There are a wide range of styles of puppetry but whatever the style, the puppeteer's role is to manipulate the physical object in such a manner that the audience believes the object is imbued with life. In some instances the persona of the puppeteer is also an important feature. The relationship between the puppeteer and the puppet-maker is often assumed to be similar to that between an actor and a playwright. This may be so, but one of the characteristics of puppetry is that very often the puppeteer assumes the joint roles of puppet-maker, director, designer, writer and performer. In this case a puppeteer is a more complete theatre practitioner than is the case within other theatre forms.

Definition of puppeteer in the English dictionary

The definition of puppeteer in the dictionary is a person who manipulates puppets.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PUPPETEER


banqueteer
ˌbæŋkwɪˈtɪə
budgeteer
ˌbʌdʒɪˈtɪə
circuiteer
ˌsɜːkɪˈtɪə
corsetier
ˌkɔːsɪˈtɪə
eyeleteer
ˌaɪlɪˈtɪə
free-marketeer
ˌfriːmɑːkɪˈtɪə
gadgeteer
ˌɡædʒɪˈtɪə
gazetteer
ˌɡæzɪˈtɪə
marketeer
ˌmɑːkɪˈtɪə
muleteer
ˌmjuːlɪˈtɪə
musketeer
ˌmʌskɪˈtɪə
pamphleteer
ˌpæmflɪˈtɪə
peripetia
ˌpɛrɪpɪˈtɪə
profiteer
ˌprɒfɪˈtɪə
pulpiteer
ˌpʊlpɪˈtɪə
racketeer
ˌrækɪˈtɪə
rocketeer
ˌrɒkɪˈtɪə
sonneteer
ˌsɒnɪˈtɪə
summiteer
ˌsʌmɪˈtɪə
targeteer
ˌtɑːɡɪˈtɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUPPETEER

pupillate
pupilship
pupiparous
pupped
puppet
puppet show
puppetlike
puppetry
puppies
pupping
Puppis
puppy
puppy farm
puppy fat
puppy love
puppydom
puppyhood
puppyish
puppyism
puppylike

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUPPETEER

antimarketeer
black marketeer
bum steer
charioteer
crotcheteer
garreteer
hackbuteer
infanteer
junketeer
leafleteer
missteer
orienteer
oversteer
privateer
sock puppeteer
steer
teer
understeer
volunteer
waistcoateer

Synonyms and antonyms of puppeteer in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «puppeteer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PUPPETEER

Find out the translation of puppeteer to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of puppeteer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «puppeteer» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

木偶
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

titiritero
570 millions of speakers

English

puppeteer
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कठपुतली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العرائس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кукловод
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

titereiro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

puppeteer
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

marionnettiste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dalangnya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Puppenspieler
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

操り人形師
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

인형
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dalang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rối
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

puppeteer
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कुत्र्याच्या पिलांबद्दल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kuklacı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

burattinaio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lalkarz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ляльковод
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

păpușar
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

puppeteer
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

poppemeester
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dock
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

puppeteer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of puppeteer

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUPPETEER»

The term «puppeteer» is regularly used and occupies the 63.983 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PUPPETEER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about puppeteer

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6 QUOTES WITH «PUPPETEER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word puppeteer.
1
Brad Bird
I think if you have a really big, heavy person, there's a feeling of an invisible puppeteer jerking them around in space. They don't feel like they are moving themselves.
2
Joe Grant
What is he? He's a puppeteer and he's got a lot of inspiration all around him, and the fact that they can manipulate the expressions now with ease compared to what it used to be.
3
Kevin Peter Hall
I'm not just somebody shuffling around in a monster suit. I'm a kind of puppeteer from the inside who is attempting through arm and body movements to give the creatures I play a sense of personality.
4
Jim Henson
Yeah, we pretty much had a form and a shape by that time - a style - and I think one of the advantages of not having any relationship to any other puppeteer was that it gave me a reason to put those together myself for the needs of television.
5
Elif Safak
I write as if I were drunk. It is a process of intuition rather than placing myself above my story like a puppeteer pulling strings. For me, it's a scary, chaotic process over which I have little control. Words demand other words, characters resist me.
6
Ryan Stiles
I'm Jim Phillips, I have multiple personalities. I'm also a skindiver, a puppeteer, and I was the tenth president of the United States.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUPPETEER»

Discover the use of puppeteer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to puppeteer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Master Puppeteer
A thirteen-year-old boy describes the poverty and discontent of eighteenth century Osaka and the world of puppeteers in which he lives
Katherine Paterson, 2008
2
Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of ...
In brilliant collage illustrations, Caldecott Honor artist Melissa Sweet tells the story of the puppeteer Tony Sarg, capturing his genius, his dedication, his zest for play, and his long-lasting gift to America—the inspired helium ...
Melissa Sweet, 2011
3
Puppeteer
Text and photographs follow Paul Vincent Davis, a professional hand puppeteer, as he mounts a production of Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp.
Kathryn Lasky, 1985
4
The Puppeteer's Apprentice
Then Mouse sees a puppet play and knows at once what she must do. Somehow she must learn to make the puppets dance. Somehow she must become the puppeteer's apprentice.
D. Anne Love, 2012
5
The Most Excellent Book of How to Be a Puppeteer
Explains how to create puppets, including shadow puppets, marionettes, and glove puppets, and simple stages to use them on.
Roger Lade, 2006
6
The Puppeteer: A Novel
Maggie Wilder returns to Vancouver from upstate New York intending to write what she calls the autobiography of her wedding dress.
Robert Kroetsch, 1992
7
Paul the Puppeteer ; With, The Village on the Moor ; And, Renate
Both these works are translated into English for the first time.
Theodor Storm, 2004
8
Death of a Puppeteer
Beyer wrote extensively for pulp magazines, including "Argosy," "Science Fiction Quarterly," "Fantastic," and others. This novel is one of his mysteries, reprinted in facsimile from its 1946 Mystery House edition.
William Gray Beyer, 2008
9
A Puppeteer
Provides instructions and practical advice on how to make various kinds of puppets, how to construct a puppet stage, and how to present a show.
Ivan Bulloch, 2000
10
The Puppeteer
Roger Pressman. THE PUPPETEER A Novel Roger Pressman Copyright © 2011 by Roger Pressman. ISBN: Softcover 978-1-4628-7089-9 Ebook.
Roger Pressman, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUPPETEER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term puppeteer is used in the context of the following news items.
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Big Bird puppeteer tugs at heartstrings with poignant memories in …
Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer behind Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on “Sesame Street,” did a Reddit AMA session Friday, where he fielded questions about ... «PBS NewsHour, May 15»
2
Puppeteer arrested on child porn charges
A Gulf Coast puppeteer who made a living entertaining children was arrested on child pornography charges. Pinellas County Sheriff's detectives say 34-year-old ... «WFTV Orlando, Jan 15»
3
Bob Baker dies at 90; puppeteer ran beloved theater, worked with …
For years, puppeteer Bob Baker's marionette theater hung on by a thread. In the end, it outlasted Baker, who died Friday at age 90 after an eight-decade career ... «Los Angeles Times, Nov 14»
4
Elmo Puppeteer Kevin Clash's Sex Abuse Lawsuit Dismissed
NEW YORK, June 20 (Reuters) - A federal judge in Pennsylvania has dismissed a lawsuit accusing Kevin Clash, the puppeteer known for his work as the voice ... «Huffington Post, Jun 14»
5
Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash cleared of sex charges, report says
Kevin Clash, the voice of Elmo on "Sesame Street" for 28 years, has been cleared of sex abuse charges, according to The Hollywood Reporter (THR) . «CBS News, Apr 14»
6
PlayStation Plus EU in May: Puppeteer, Stick it to the Man and More
Payday 2 and Puppeteer will be available for PS3 gamers. This means you'll have access to one of the best co-op multiplayer titles and one of the best ... «GamingBolt, Apr 14»
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John Henson, occasional puppeteer and son of Muppets creator …
John Henson, who occasionally performed as a puppeteer in the famed Muppets troupe his father founded, died Feb. 14 at his home in Saugerties, N.Y. He was ... «Washington Post, Feb 14»
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John Henson, Muppets Puppeteer, Dies at 48
John Henson, Muppets puppeteer and son of the late Jim and Jane Henson, died on Friday. He was 48. The Jim Henson Company confirmed the sad news on ... «People Magazine, Feb 14»
9
Puppeteer - Launch Trailer
Unravel the dark and magical theater of Puppeteer on Sept. 10th for the PlayStation®3 system. GameSpot, 9/10: "Start to finish, this is a dazzling game." IGN, 8.5 ... «YouTube, Sep 13»
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Puppeteer Review (PS3)
Puppeteer does try to aim for everyone. It may host an E10+ rating, but the story and characters are so rooted in traditional fairytales and mythology it would be ... «PlayStation LifeStyle, Sep 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Puppeteer [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/puppeteer>. May 2024 ».
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