Толковый словарь английского языка - puppet
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 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, marionette , doll 1, one whose acts are controlled by an outside force or influence , ~like adjective
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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
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