puppet master
nounEtymology * puppetmaster
1
A person who entertains with, or operates puppets; a 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:
- Related terms
- pull strings