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placeman
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun placeman has 1 sense
- placeman(n = noun.person) placeseeker - a disparaging term for an appointee; Array is a kind of appointee
CIDE DICTIONARY
placeman, n.
- One who holds or occupies a place; one who has office under government. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- The act of placing, or the state of being placed. [1913 Webster]
- Position; place. [1913 Webster]
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placeman
Consignee
N consignee, trustee, nominee, committee, agent, delegate, commissary, commissioner, emissary, envoy, commissionaire, messenger, diplomatist, diplomat, diplomate, corps diplomatique, embassy, ambassador, embassador, representative, resident, consul, legate, nuncio, internuncio, charge d'affaires, attache, vicegerent, plenipotentiary, functionary, placeman, curator, treasurer, factor, bailiff, clerk, secretary, attorney, advocate, solicitor, proctor, broker, underwriter, commission agent, auctioneer, one's man of business, factotum, caretaker, dalal, dubash, garnishee, gomashta, negotiator, go-between, middleman, under agent, employe, servant, referee, arbitrator, traveler, bagman, commis-voyageur, touter, commercial traveler, drummer, traveling man, newspaper correspondent, own correspondent, special correspondent.
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