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PLACEMAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does placeman mean? 

PLACEMAN (noun)
  The noun PLACEMAN has 1 sense:

1. a disparaging term for an appointeeplay

  Familiarity information: PLACEMAN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PLACEMAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A disparaging term for an appointee

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

placeman; placeseeker

Hypernyms ("placeman" is a kind of...):

appointee (an official who is appointed)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)


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