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Puppet
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- 1 Any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of a glove.
- 2 a doll with a hollow head of a person or animal and a cloth body; intended to fit over the hand and be manipulated with the fingers wordnet
- 3 A person, country, etc, controlled by another. figuratively
"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"
- 4 a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer wordnet
- 5 A poppet; a small image in the human form; a doll. obsolete
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- 6 a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else wordnet
- 7 The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.
- 1 To control or manipulate like a puppet. also, figuratively, transitive
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.
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.
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