n.
Pronunciation: ' p ə -p ə t
Function: noun
Usage: often attrib
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 : 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 b : MARIONETTE
2 : DOLL 1
3 : one whose acts are controlled by an outside force or influence <a puppet ruler>
– pup · pet · like \ - ˌ l ī k \ adjective