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.
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