different between placemat vs placeman

English

placemat (plural placemats)

Borrowed from English place mat.

placemat m (plural placemats, diminutive placematje n)

From place +? -man.

placeman (plural placemen)

(UK politics, derogatory) One appointed to an office, especially in government, as a reward for political or other support; an appointee, a yes-man.
- 2007, Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon, Blue Bridge 2008, p. 32:
  Predictably, the brow-beaten Clement in the end submitted to Philip's demands that the papal commission, which was eventually convened in November 1309, should consist predominantly of clerics who were known to be royal placemen.

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