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pup⋅pet

  [puhp-it]
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–noun
1. 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.
2. a person, group, government, etc., whose actions are prompted and controlled by another or others.
3. a small doll.
4. Machinery. poppethead.
Origin:
1350–1400; earlier poppet, ME popet, appar. alter. of MLG poppe doll < LL puppa, L pūpa doll; see -et

Related forms:
pup⋅pet⋅like, adjective

Synonyms:
2. pawn, figurehead, instrument.
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pop⋅pet⋅head

  [pop-it-hed]
–noun
a tailstock or headstock of a lathe.
Also called poppet, puppet.

Origin:
1655–65; poppet + head
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pup·pet   (pŭp'ĭt)   
n.  

  1. A small figure of a person or animal, having a cloth body and hollow head, designed to be fitted over and manipulated by the hand.

  2. A figure having jointed parts animated from above by strings or wires; a marionette.

  3. A toy representing a human figure; a doll.

  4. One whose behavior is determined by the will of others: a political puppet.


[Middle English poppet, doll, possibly from Anglo-Norman poppe, doll; see puppy.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

puppet 
1528 (implied in puppetry), from O.Fr. poupette, dim. of poupée "doll" (13c.), from V.L. *puppa, from L. pupa "girl, doll" (see pupil (1)). Metaphoric extension to "person whose actions are manipulated by another" first recorded 1550. Puppeteer is attested from 1930.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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