puppet

nounperson or toy manipulated by another

Word Origin & History

"doll moved by strings or wires" (later applied to puppets in glove form), 1530s, later form of Middle English popet "doll" (c.1300; cf. poppet), from Old French popette "little doll, puppet," diminutive of popee "doll, puppet" (13c., Modern French poupée), from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin pupa "girl; doll" (see pupil (n.1)).

Metaphoric extension to "one whose actions are manipulated by another" first recorded 1540s (as poppet). Puppet show attested from 1650s, earlier puppet-play (1550s). Puppet government is attested from 1884 (in reference to Egypt).

Example Sentences for puppet

He might be a puppet's puppet, but he knew exactly the disposition of the strings.

She would be of age in a day or two, no longer the puppet of her father's will.

It is said in this country, yes, and in others, that the Czar is a puppet.

I myself should be a puppet, a doll, at the beck and call of a master.

"Perhaps I shall see you at your puppet show some evening," he said.

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