Associations to the word «Placeman»

Wiktionary

PLACEMAN, noun. (UK) (derogatory) One appointed to a political office, especially in government, as a reward for political support; an appointee, a yes-man.

Dictionary definition

PLACEMAN, noun. A disparaging term for an appointee.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne