different between placemen vs placeman
placemen
English
Noun
placemen
- plural of placeman
placemen From the web:
placeman
English
Etymology
From place +? -man.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?ple?sman/, /?ple?sm?n/
Noun
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.
- 2007, Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon, Blue Bridge 2008, p. 32:
placeman From the web:
- what does placement mean
- meaning placement
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