puppet
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ɪt 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, Middle English popet, apparently alteration of Middle Low German poppe doll < Late Latin puppa, Latin pūpa doll; see -et
1350–1400; earlier poppet, Middle English popet, apparently alteration of Middle Low German poppe doll < Late Latin puppa, Latin pūpa doll; see -et
Related forms
pup·pet·like, adjective
Synonyms
2. pawn, figurehead, instrument.
2. pawn, figurehead, instrument.
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World English Dictionary
puppet (ˈpʌpɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. 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 |
| b. (as modifier): a puppet theatre | |
| 2. | a. a person, group, state, etc, that appears independent but is in fact controlled by another |
| b. (as modifier): a puppet government | |
| [C16 popet, perhaps from Old French poupette little doll, ultimately from Latin pūpa girl, doll] | |
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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.
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Example sentences
The team decided it was best to build a puppet that could be manipulated from beneath using control rods.
Puppet theater performances are held several times a week, and pony rides are available every weekend.
The puppet that is speaking should be the only one moving.
But slowly it has turned into a puppet show for far left propaganda.
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