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Definition of Puppet ruler
1. Noun. A leader or ruler who is chosen by a despot to head a government.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Puppet Ruler
Literary usage of Puppet ruler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of China by Demetrius Charles de Kavanagh Boulger (1898)
"The nominee of the Kins was proclaimed guilty of high treason, and a price was
placed upon his head ; but so long as that puppet-ruler possessed the Kin ..."
2. Réflexions sur l'espèce en histoire naturelle, 1842 by Hans Falkenhagen, Ronald Percy Bell, Norman Holt Hartshorne, Alan Stuart, Eric John Holmyard, Alexander Moritzi, Thomas Hodgkin (1899)
"... a ghastly crime got rid of her son's rivalry, became a puppet-ruler 8o2- in
the hands of the eunuchs of her palace. ..."
3. England and Germany, 1740-1914 by Bernadotte Everly Schmitt (1916)
"... and of transferring the Caliphate either to a British puppet ruler of Egypt
or to one of the Arabian sheikhs under British influence. ..."
4. Where the Strange Trails Go Down by Edward Alexander Powell (1921)
"Conditions at Surakarta—usually called Solo for short—are the exact counterpart
of those in Djokjakarta : the same puppet ruler, who is called ..."
5. Italy and Her Invaders by Thomas Hodgkin (1899)
"Irene, after she had by a ghastly crime got rid of her son's rivalry, became a
puppet-ruler 8°2' in the hands of the eunuchs of her palace. ..."
6. History of Mexico by Hubert Howe Bancroft, William Nemos, Thomas Savage, Joseph Joshua Peatfield (1888)
"... the farce was played every one of these notables knew that his part in it was
to proclaim a monarchy, with Maximilian of Austria as the puppet ruler. ..."
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