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  1. noun One who holds an office or place, especially:
  2. noun One who acts as a deputy or proxy.
  3. noun One who holds an appointed office in a government.
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  • I assumed it was there as a placeholder, so that at least from the outside, everything looked semi-normal despite the chaos within. —  EmbracetheNight
  • He was just a stick figure—a placeholder, a threat, a deadline to force her hand. —  Meyer, Stephenie - New Moon
  • The current CountryFirstPAC. com site is a placeholder, and there are plans to build one with more features. —  ClickZ News
  • "It suggests that it serves as a placeholder, where it recruits other enzymes for faithful DNA methylation or repair enzymes if the DNA has been damaged," he says. —  EurekAlert! - Breaking News
  • "He was not going to be someone who would just be seen as a placeholder." —  Top Stories - Google News
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