puppet

puppet
n
1. marionette, dummy, doll, doll on a string, fantoccino, hand-puppet, finger-puppet, moppet; Howdy-Doody, Charlie McCarthy, Punch, Judy, Punchinello.
2. pawn, instrument, tool, cat's paw, creature, figurehead, Inf. front or front man, man of straw; hireling, underling, employee, subordinate, assistant, accomplice, henchman, appendage, Sl. stooge, yes man, man or gal Friday; dupe, Sl. pigeon, gull, gudgeon, Inf. sucker, patsy; myrmidon, minion, follower, toady, sycophant, hanger-on, ward-heeler; jackal, flunky, lackey, attendant

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