Definitions for placeman

placeman place·man

Spelling: [pleys-muh n]
IPA: /ˈpleɪs mən/

Placeman is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 252 anagrams from letters in placeman (aacelmnp).

Definitions for placeman

noun

  1. a person appointed to a position, especially one in the government, as a reward for political support of an elected official.

Origin of placeman

First recorded in 1735-45; place + -man

Examples for placeman

Every man had his double; the heels of every placeman were dogged by friendly rivals ready to trip them up.

To us the poet Prior is better known than the placeman Prior; yet in his own day the reverse often occurred.

I collect from Genest, that after his aristocratic connections made a placeman of him, O'Brien grew ashamed of his vocation.

He was a legislator and Executive Councillor, but not a placeman.

In the sequel, the question was proposed, Whether a placeman ought to have a seat in the house?

With us no placeman can sit among the representatives of the people, and two years are the constitutional term of their existence.

It was a positive grievance, and indeed it was a partial destruction of the constitution, at the instance of a placeman.

When this was handed to him he flew into a towering passion, and said, The scribbly scrawl of a placeman, indeed!

Word Value for placeman
Scrable

14

Words with friends

19

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