PUPPET

noun a small image in the human form; a doll.

2. puppet ·noun the upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.

3. puppet ·noun one controlled in his action by the will of another; a tool;

— so used in contempt.

4. puppet ·noun a similar figure moved by the hand or by a wire in a mock drama; a marionette; a wooden actor in a play.