puppet

Universal Words noun 1 a model of a person or an animal that can be made to move, for example by pulling strings attached to parts of its body or by putting your hand inside it. A puppet with strings is also called a MARIONETTE: a wooden / hand puppet * a puppet show seealsoGLOVEPUPPET 2 (usually disapproving) a person or group whose actions are controlled by another: The occupying forces set up a puppet government. * The US believed Ho Chi Minh was a puppet of the Chinese.