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Placeman

noun
(pl. placemen)
1.
A disparaging term for an appointee.  Synonym: placeseeker.





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"Placeman" Quotes from Famous Books



... most agreeably. In the evening we had, as usual, a literary conversation. Mr. Lort produced several curious MSS. of the famous Bristol Chatterton; among others, his will, and divers verses written against Dr. Johnson, as a placeman and pensioner; all of which he read aloud, with a ...
— The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay Volume 1 • Madame D'Arblay


Words linked to "Placeman" :   United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Britain, United Kingdom, appointee, Great Britain, UK, U.K.


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