PUPPET

noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English popet youth, doll, from Middle French poupette, diminutive of *poupe doll, from Vulgar Latin *puppa, alteration of Latin pupa Date: 1538 1. a small-scale figure (as of a person or animal) usually with a cloth body and hollow head that fits over and is moved by the hand, marionette , doll 1, one whose acts are controlled by an outside force or influence , ~like adjective