Synonyms for puppet

Grammar : Noun

Spell : puhp-it

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpʌp ɪt

Top 10 synonyms for puppet

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Définition of puppet

Origin : "doll moved by strings or wires" (later applied to puppets in glove form), 1530s, later form of Middle English popet "doll" (c.1300; cf. poppet), from Old French popette "little doll, puppet," diminutive of popee "doll, puppet" (13c., Modern French poupée), from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin pupa "girl; doll" (see pupil (n.1)).
Metaphoric extension to "one whose actions are manipulated by another" first recorded 1540s (as poppet). Puppet show attested from 1650s, earlier puppet-play (1550s). Puppet government is attested from 1884 (in reference to Egypt).

noun person or toy manipulated by another

Example sentences :

He might be a puppet's puppet, but he knew exactly the disposition of the strings.
Extract from : « Where Angels Fear to Tread » by E. M. Forster

She would be of age in a day or two, no longer the puppet of her father's will.
Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

It is said in this country, yes, and in others, that the Czar is a puppet.
Extract from : « The Traitors » by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

I myself should be a puppet, a doll, at the beck and call of a master.
Extract from : « The Traitors » by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

"Perhaps I shall see you at your puppet show some evening," he said.
Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1917 » by Various

Colonel Mannheim's puppet is going to have to cut his strings and do a Pinocchio.
Extract from : « Anything You Can Do ... » by Gordon Randall Garrett

I seemed to myself to be a puppet, a jointed figure, a manikin.
Extract from : « The Blue Wall » by Richard Washburn Child

If he's really being made a puppet of, I should think you'd want to help him.
Extract from : « The Unnecessary Man » by Gordon Randall Garrett

She controlled all things, and the King her son was but a puppet in her hands.
Extract from : « In Convent Walls » by Emily Sarah Holt

I am called Pharaoh, yet am but her puppet to carry out her decrees.
Extract from : « Morning Star » by H. Rider Haggard

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