Pŭp'pet, n.
n. [Written also puppet.] [Fr. poupée, a doll, from Lat. pupa, a girl, doll, puppet. Cf. POUPE'TON.]
Sense 1. A small image in the human form; a doll.
Sense 2. A similar figure moved by a wire in a mock drama; a wooden performer of a play.
As the pipes of some carved organ move, The gilded puppets dance. Pope.
Sense 3. One managed by the will of another; — so used in contempt. Shak.
Sense 4. (Mech.) The upright support of a mandrel in a lathe.