Definition of puppet

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Puppet (n.) A similar figure moved by the hand or by a wire in a mock drama; a marionette; a wooden actor in a play.

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Neurospast :: Neurospast (n.) A puppet.
Fantoccini :: Fantoccini (n. pl.) Puppets caused to perform evolutions or dramatic scenes by means of machinery; also, the representations in which they are used..
Mammet :: Mammet (n.) An idol; a puppet; a doll.
Poupeton :: Poupeton (n.) A puppet, or little baby..
Punchinello :: Punchinello (n.) A punch; a buffoon; originally, in a puppet show, a character represented as fat, short, and humpbacked..
Poppet :: Poppet (n.) See Puppet.
Popelote :: Popelote (n.) A word variously explained as a little puppet, a little doll, or a young butterfly. Cf. Popet..
Puppetish :: Puppetish (a.) Resembling a puppet in appearance or action; of the nature of a puppet.
Puppet :: Puppet (n.) One controlled in his action by the will of another; a tool; -- so used in contempt.
Vanity :: Vanity (n.) One of the established characters in the old moralities and puppet shows. See Morality, n., 5..
Drollery :: Drollery (n.) A puppet show; also, a puppet..
Puppetman :: Puppetman (n.) A master of a puppet show.
Wire-puller :: Wire-puller (n.) One who pulls the wires, as of a puppet; hence, one who operates by secret means; an intriguer..
Puppet :: Puppet (n.) The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.
Droll :: Droll (n.) Something exhibited to raise mirth or sport, as a puppet, a farce, and the like..
Doll :: Doll (n.) A child's puppet; a toy baby for a little girl.
Marionette :: Marionette (n.) A puppet moved by strings, as in a puppet show..
Termagant :: Termagant (n.) An imaginary being supposed by the Christians to be a Mohammedan deity or false god. He is represented in the ancient moralities, farces, and puppet shows as extremely vociferous and tumultous..
Jack-a-lent :: "Jack-a-lent (n.) A small stuffed puppet to be pelted in Lent; hence, a simple fellow..
Wire-pulling :: Wire-pulling (n.) The act of pulling the wires, as of a puppet; hence, secret influence or management, especially in politics; intrigue..
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