Definition of plaçage in English:

plaçage

(also plasaj, placage)

noun plaˈsɑːʒpləˈsɑːʒ

1In 18th- and 19th-cent. Louisiana: the custom among many white men of setting up a black or mixed-race woman in her own household in addition to or in place of a wife.
2In Haiti: a relationship similar to marriage but without religious sanction and conferring fewer legal rights upon the female partner, often polygynous and short-lived.

Origin

1930s. From French plaçage placing, allotment from placer + -age (compare placer to make a part of a family by marriage, to provide with a situation or job, (nonstandard) placé married, living together or in concubinage).

Definition of plaçage in US English:

plaçage

(also plasaj, placage)

noun

1In 18th- and 19th-cent. Louisiana: the custom among many white men of setting up a black or mixed-race woman in her own household in addition to or in place of a wife.
2In Haiti: a relationship similar to marriage but without religious sanction and conferring fewer legal rights upon the female partner, often polygynous and short-lived.

Origin

1930s. From French plaçage placing, allotment from placer + -age (compare placer to make a part of a family by marriage, to provide with a situation or job, (nonstandard) placé married, living together or in concubinage).

词汇	plaçage
释义	Definition of plaçage in English: plaçage (also plasaj, placage) noun plaˈsɑːʒpləˈsɑːʒ 1In 18th- and 19th-cent. Louisiana: the custom among many white men of setting up a black or mixed-race woman in her own household in addition to or in place of a wife. 2In Haiti: a relationship similar to marriage but without religious sanction and conferring fewer legal rights upon the female partner, often polygynous and short-lived. Origin 1930s. From French plaçage placing, allotment from placer + -age (compare placer to make a part of a family by marriage, to provide with a situation or job, (nonstandard) placé married, living together or in concubinage). Definition of plaçage in US English: plaçage (also plasaj, placage) noun 1In 18th- and 19th-cent. Louisiana: the custom among many white men of setting up a black or mixed-race woman in her own household in addition to or in place of a wife. 2In Haiti: a relationship similar to marriage but without religious sanction and conferring fewer legal rights upon the female partner, often polygynous and short-lived. Origin 1930s. From French plaçage placing, allotment from placer + -age (compare placer to make a part of a family by marriage, to provide with a situation or job, (nonstandard) placé married, living together or in concubinage).
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