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plaçage

plaçage noun: a form of marital union, often illegal in nature, found in the Caribbean during the colonial period between a Caucasian man and a woman of mixed races (such as a mulatta or a Creole).

Noun

plaçage (countable and uncountable, plural plaçages)

  1. a form of marital union, often illegal in nature, found in the Caribbean during the colonial period between a Caucasian man and a woman of mixed races (such as a mulatta or a Creole)

Forms of plaçage

pluralplaçages

Origin of plaçage

From French.

Questions about plaçage

What does plaçage mean?
Plaçage means a form of marital union, often illegal in nature, found in the Caribbean during the colonial period between a Caucasian man and a woman of mixed races (such as a mulatta or a Creole).
What part of speech is plaçage?
Plaçage is a noun.
What is the plural of plaçage?
The plural of plaçage is plaçages.

Words near plaçage in the dictionary

  1. Plazolas
  2. Plazza
  3. plazzie
  4. plazzies
  5. plazzy
  6. plaçage
  7. plaçages
  8. Plaški
  9. PLB
  10. plbg.
  11. plbr.

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