Manipulator definition

mənipyo͝olātər, mənipyəlātər
manipulators
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A puppeteer, especially one controlling marionettes.
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The definition of a manipulator is the person or machine that does a job with skill or shrewdly manages something to their benefit.

A crane operator is an example of a manipulator.

A mechanical arm used to work with toxic materials is an example of a manipulator.

A dishonest politician is an example of a manipulator.

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A person or thing that manipulates.
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Agent noun of manipulate; one who manipulates.
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A device which can be used to move, arrange or operate something.
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Noun

Singular:
manipulator
Plural:
manipulators

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Manipulator Sentence Examples

  • As a mind manipulator, she'd have more sensitive mental receptors.

  • After a short interval Cambaceres was, by the constitution of December 1799, appointed second consul of France - a position which he owed largely to his vast legal knowledge and to the conviction which Sieyes entertained of his value as a manipulator of public assemblies.

  • In short, from the standpoint of lay society, the manipulator of the sacred is himself sacred, and shares in all the associations of sacredness.

  • In the lecture-room he laid great stress on the importance of experimental demonstrations, paying particular attention to their selection and arrangement, though, since he himself was a somewhat clumsy manipulator, their actual exhibition was generally entrusted to his assistants.

  • In July, Mr Mason returned to East Tilbury and became chief manipulator to the leather factory.

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