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Definition of Placemen
1. placeman [n] - See also: placeman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Placemen
Literary usage of Placemen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plan of Parliamentary Reform in the Form of a Catechism with Reasons for by Jeremy Bentham (1817)
"Exclusion of placemen, &c. from the right of voting—Mischievousness and ...
placemen seated by the King, with right of speech, and even right of motion. ..."
2. The Party System by Hilaire Belloc, Cecil Chesterton (1911)
"Their control over the bestowal of places has created in the House a large class
of placemen and placemen-expectant, upon whose interested support the ..."
3. The constitutional history of England from the accession of Henry vii. to by Henry Hallam (1884)
"... in it — Privy Council superseded by a Cabinet — Exclusion of placemen and
Pensioners from Parliament — Independence of Judges — Oath of Abjuration. ..."
4. A History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century by William Edward Hartpole Lecky (1892)
"... modification the Bill which Forbes had repeatedly brought forward, for
incapacitating most pensioners and some placemen from sitting in Parliament. ..."
5. English Colonies in America by John Andrew Doyle (1889)
"Virginia offered no temptation to hungry placemen, such as those whom the rule
of the Stuarts had turned loose upon the mother country. ..."
6. Plan of Parliamentary Reform in the Form of a Catechism with Reasons for by Jeremy Bentham (1817)
"Exclusion of placemen, &c. from the right of voting—Mischievousness and ...
placemen seated by the King, with right of speech, and even right of motion. ..."
7. The Party System by Hilaire Belloc, Cecil Chesterton (1911)
"Their control over the bestowal of places has created in the House a large class
of placemen and placemen-expectant, upon whose interested support the ..."
8. The constitutional history of England from the accession of Henry vii. to by Henry Hallam (1884)
"... in it — Privy Council superseded by a Cabinet — Exclusion of placemen and
Pensioners from Parliament — Independence of Judges — Oath of Abjuration. ..."
9. A History of Ireland in the Eighteenth Century by William Edward Hartpole Lecky (1892)
"... modification the Bill which Forbes had repeatedly brought forward, for
incapacitating most pensioners and some placemen from sitting in Parliament. ..."
10. English Colonies in America by John Andrew Doyle (1889)
"Virginia offered no temptation to hungry placemen, such as those whom the rule
of the Stuarts had turned loose upon the mother country. ..."
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