Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - puppet
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Puppet
puppet
noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English popet youth, doll, from Middle French poupette, diminutive of *poupe doll, from Vulgar Latin *puppa, alteration of Latin pupa Date: 1538 1. a. a small-scale figure (as of a person or animal) usually with a cloth body and hollow head that fits over and is moved by the hand b. marionette 2. doll 1 3. one whose acts are controlled by an outside force or influence a ~ ruler • ~like adjective
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1.
n. 1 a small figure representing a human being or animal and moved by various means as entertainment. 2 a person whose actions are controlled by another. Phrases and idioms puppet State a country that is nominally independent but actually under the control of another power. Derivatives puppetry n. Etymology: later form of POPPET ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
3.
1. марионетка, кукла to pull the puppet's strings —- дергать куклу за веревочки 2. кукольный puppet master —- кукловод, кукольник puppet play (show) —- кукольное представление, кукольный спектакль puppet theatre —- кукольный театр 3. марионеточный puppet government —- марионеточное правительство puppet ruler —- марионеточный правитель ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
noun 1) марионетка, кукла 2) attr. кукольный (о театре) 3) attr. марионеточный (о правительстве и т.п.) ...Англо-русский словарь
5.
(puppets) 1. A puppet is a doll that you can move, either by pulling strings which are attached to it or by putting your hand inside its body and moving your fingers. N-COUNT 2. You can refer to a person or country as a puppet when you mean that their actions are controlled by a more powerful person or government, even though they may appear to be independent. When the invasion occurred he ruled as a puppet of the occupiers... N-COUNT: oft N n c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
6.
~ n 1 a model of a person or animal that you can move by pulling wires or strings, or by putting your hand inside it (a puppet show) 2 a person or organization that has lost their independent position and allows someone else to control them (She's just a puppet of the management. | puppet government/regime (=a government controlled by a more powerful country or organization)) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
7.
- 12c., from O.Fr. poupette, dim. of poupйe "doll," from V.L. *puppa, from L. pupa "girl, doll" (see pupil (1)). Metaphoric extension to "person whose actions are manipulated by another" first recorded 1550. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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