puppet
noun
- animatable doll or other model
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈpʌpɪt/ / /ˈpɐpət/ / /ˈpʊpɪt/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English popet, probably from, though attested earlier than, Middle French poupette, diminutive of poupée (cf. also Medieval Latin *pupata), ultimately derived from Latin pupa (“doll, puppet; girl”). The nominal form first appears c. 1531, and the verbal form c. 1635. See also puppy.
- Any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of a glove.
- A person, country, etc, controlled by another.
“These men , from no worse motive that could be discovered than a thirst after knowledge beyond their sphere , committed burglary upon the barn in which the puppets had been consigned to repose”
“Every act of a Roman, from birth to death, from dawn to night, was controlled and supervised by some presiding deity. Man was thus virtually a symbolic puppet in the hands of the Roman pantheon.”
- A poppet; a small image in the human form; a doll.
- The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English popet, probably from, though attested earlier than, Middle French poupette, diminutive of poupée (cf. also Medieval Latin *pupata), ultimately derived from Latin pupa (“doll, puppet; girl”). The nominal form first appears c. 1531, and the verbal form c. 1635. See also puppy.
- To control or manipulate like a puppet.