·noun A small image in the human form; a doll.
II. Puppet ·noun The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.
III. Puppet ·noun One controlled in his action by the will of another; a tool;
— so used in contempt.
IV. Puppet ·noun A similar figure moved by the hand or by a wire in a mock drama; a marionette; a wooden actor in a play.