marionettist
/marɪəˈnɛtɪst/(also marionnettist)
noun
A person who operates marionettes.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Marionnette (Florence). From marionette + -ist.
- the wheel of Fortune
- the whip hand
- the whole ball of wax
- the whole enchilada
- the whole nine yards
- the whole schmear
- the whole shooting match
- the Whore of Babylon
- the windows of the soul
- the wish is father to the thought
- the witching hour
- the Word (of God)
- the word on the street
- the work of ——
- the world and his wife
- the world is your oyster
- the world, the flesh, and the devil
- the worried well
- the worse for drink
- the worse for wear
- the writing (or handwriting) is on the wall
- the Writings
- the wrong side of the tracks
- the wrong way round
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