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By meaning 1
someone who temporarily fulfills the duties of another:

Meaning

1 senses

  1. A professional person (such as a doctor or clergyman) who temporarily fulfills the duties of another.

    Stellvertreter, Vertretungsperson, Vertreter

    someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession

Origin

Existing in English since the seventeenth century: from Medieval Latin locum tenēns (liter

Existing in English since the seventeenth century: from Medieval Latin locum tenēns (literally “one holding a place”). Doublet of lieutenant.

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Forms

plural: locum tenentes / locos tenentes

Synonyms

3 synonyms
locumproxystand-in
Close in meaning
  • someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession:locum

Word family

3 related words
Relatedlocumlocustenant

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
locolocomotionC2locomotiveC2locustlodelodestar

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