puppet leader

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   a leader or ruler who is chosen by a despot to head a government

   Synonymspuppet ruler

   Broaderrulerleader

Questions about puppet leader

What does puppet leader mean?

puppet leader means "a leader or ruler who is chosen by a despot to head a government".

What is another word for puppet leader?

Close synonyms include puppet ruler. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is puppet leader a common word?

puppet leader is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.