1.A small image in the human form; a doll.
2.A similar figure moved by the hand or by a wire in a mock drama; a marionette; a wooden actor in a play. "At the pipes of some carved organ move, The gilded puppets dance."
3.One controlled in his action by the will of another; a tool; so used in contempt.
4.(Mach.) The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.
