puppet

4 definitions • 3 examples

a toy in the shape of a person or animal that you can move with strings or by putting your hand inside:

We took the children to a puppet show/theatre.

a person or group whose actions are controlled by someone else:

Western powers have been accused of trying to establish a puppet government/regime in the divided country.

a type of toy that looks like a person or animal and is moved by a person using strings or putting a hand inside it

disapproving A puppet is also a person or group whose actions are controlled by someone else:

The mayor is a puppet who does what business leaders tell him to.