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)

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Meanings

nounplaçage (countable and uncountable, plural plaçages)

plural plaçages

  1. countableuncountablea 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)

Origin

From French.

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APA

plaçage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pla%C3%A7age

MLA

“plaçage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pla%C3%A7age. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plaçage,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pla%C3%A7age.

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