Functionary and Puppet

noun

• A worker who holds or is invested with an office.
  • synonyms: official

(n.) One charged with the performance of a function or office; as, a public functionary; secular functionaries.

noun

• A small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer.
  • synonyms: marionette
• A person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else.
  • synonyms: creature, tool
• A doll with a hollow head of a person or animal and a cloth body; intended to fit over the hand and be manipulated with the fingers. .

• (n.) A small image in the human form; a doll.
• (n.) One controlled in his action by the will of another; a tool; -- so used in contempt.
• (n.) A similar figure moved by the hand or by a wire in a mock drama; a marionette; a wooden actor in a play.
• (n.) The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.