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marionette (n.)
puppet worked by strings, c. 1620, literally "little little Mary," from French
marionette
(16c.), diminutive of Old French
mariole
"figurine, idol, picture of the Virgin Mary," diminutive of
Marie
(see
Mary
). For ending, see
-ette
.
