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placeman
noun
(place-man)
a disparaging term for an appointee
Synonyms:
placeseeker
,
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placeman
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placeseeker
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ejected
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apparatchik
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sinecure
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appointee
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crony
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flunkey
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stooge
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figurehead
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bureaucrat
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praetorian guard
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technocrat
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satrap
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sycophant
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autocrat
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bootlicker
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quisling
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despot
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politician
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grandee
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civil servant
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lickspittle
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bigwig
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persona grata
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duumvirate
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europhile
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apparat
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lackey
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toadying
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intriguer
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placemen
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chri
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andrei gromyko
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bungler
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russophobe
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fuhrer
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ancien regime
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horthy
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grand inquisitor
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modernizer
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buffoon
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commissar
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tzar
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heir presumptive
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russophile
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eminence grise
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margaret thatcher
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daladier
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ditherer
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prince regent
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generalissimo
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camarilla
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laborite
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popinjay
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heir apparent
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oligarch
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gerontocracy
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hetman
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diarchy
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ennoblement
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malenkov
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sinophile
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baronetcy
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consiglieri
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acolyte
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tinhorn
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henchman
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knave
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clement attlee
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plenipotentiary
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fiefdom
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embassador
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tyrant
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paul von hindenburg
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satrapy
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parliamentarian
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william ewart gladstone
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tshombe
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lord privy seal
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pillock
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supremo
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meddler
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nonentity
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bedfellow
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kerensky
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chap
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proconsul
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mediocrities
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tinpot
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parvenu
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ernest bevin
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crossbencher
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placeman
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