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sock puppeteer en · NOUN

Etymology

From sock puppet + -eer, after the model of puppeteer.

Meanings

1. A person who controls a sock puppet (any sense).
   • It is intent to deceive or to dabble in malicious mischief that sets a sock puppeteer apart from a legitimate user with multiple accounts. 2005 December 21, Shelley Powers, "Yo! Sock Puppets!" on Burningbird.net
   • The idea of a sock puppeteer as a minion was an extension of the term that was published in 2000 by U.S. News and World Report. 2014, Timothy R. Levine, Encyclopedia of Deception, Vol. II, s.v. Sockpuppetry

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Synonyms

sockmaster