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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, 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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Etymonline
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, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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