puppet
[ puhp-it ]
/ ˈpʌp ɪt /
noun
an artificial figure representing a human being or an animal, manipulated by the hand, rods, wires, etc., as on a miniature stage.
Compare hand puppet, marionette.
a person, group, government, etc., whose actions are prompted and controlled by another or others.
a small doll.
Machinery.
poppethead.
Origin of puppet
1350–1400; earlier
poppet, Middle English
popet, apparently alteration of Middle Low German
poppe doll < Late Latin
puppa, Latin
pūpa doll; see
-et
OTHER WORDS FROM puppet
pup·pet·like, adjectiveWords nearby puppet
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British Dictionary definitions for puppet
puppet
/ (ˈpʌpɪt) /
noun
- a small doll or figure of a person or animal moved by strings attached to its limbs or by the hand inserted in its cloth body
- (as modifier)a puppet theatre
- a person, group, state, etc, that appears independent but is in fact controlled by another
- (as modifier)a puppet government
Word Origin for puppet
C16
popet, perhaps from Old French
poupette little doll, ultimately from Latin
pūpa girl, doll