PUPPET


Meaning of PUPPET in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpə-pət ]

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. : 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 -ˌlīk adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.