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puppet

[ puhp-it ]

noun

  1. an artificial figure representing a human being or an animal, manipulated by the hand, rods, wires, etc., as on a miniature stage. Compare hand puppet, marionette.
  2. a person, group, government, etc., whose actions are prompted and controlled by another or others.

    Synonyms: , ,

  3. a small doll.
  4. Machinery. poppethead.


puppet

/ ˈ±èÊŒ±èɪ³Ù /

noun

    1. a small doll or figure of a person or animal moved by strings attached to its limbs or by the hand inserted in its cloth body
    2. ( as modifier )

      a puppet theatre

    1. a person, group, state, etc, that appears independent but is in fact controlled by another
    2. ( as modifier )

      a puppet government

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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of puppet1

1350–1400; earlier poppet, Middle English popet, apparently alteration of Middle Low German poppe doll < Late Latin puppa, Latin ±èÅ«±è²¹ doll; -et
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of puppet1

C16 popet, perhaps from Old French poupette little doll, ultimately from Latin ±èÅ«±è²¹ girl, doll
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Contemporary documentary footage of different puppet shows across Asia are interspersed with vivid street scenes that offer a present-day glimpse of the locations where Edward and Molly’s romantic misadventures unspool.

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For a moment, she played along, “Well, he is a puppet,†she said, “but no.â€

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"SA is not a puppet of the US, we have the right to govern our country without any interference," he said.

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He can’t figure out what he’s doing there either, but he galvanizes the show with a version of Prince’s “Purple Rain†retitled “Herman Cain†and ultimately proves that he’s nobody’s puppet.

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Not until 1867 would France achieve a colonial dream in North America, with the brief, catastrophic “reign†of France’s puppet emperor, the Habsburg prince Maximilian, in Mexico.

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