Definitions for placemen

placemen place·man

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

Placemen 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 244 anagrams from letters in placemen (aceelmnp).

Definitions for placemen

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 placemen

First recorded in 1735-45; place + -man

Examples for placemen

I except against Courtiers and placemen, considered as such.

Such a law, if permitted to stand, would have put an end forever to the Berkeley system of rule by placemen.

The canons, prebends, and placemen had been chosen with great care.

More than a hundred and fifty years ago there was a general cry that the number of placemen in Parliament was too great.

I saw no placemen and pensioners, riding the people under foot.

There are no patriots now: only partisans and placemen—but that is another tale.

The king had caused sheriffs and other placemen to be elected into Parliament to increase his facility of obtaining grants.

All placemen who had voted against the peace were dismissed.

What a surprise it was to the placemen, the rank and file and the old men who crooned over the fires at the Carlton!

The imported nobility had dwindled down to the condition of placemen or traders.

Word Value for placemen
Scrable

14

Words with friends

19

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