locum tenens en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌləʊkəm ˈtɛnɛns/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Existing in English since the seventeenth century: from Medieval Latin locum tenēns (literally “one holding a place”). Doublet of lieutenant.
Meanings
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A professional person (such as a doctor or clergyman) who temporarily fulfills the duties of another.
"I expected better things of you, Professor Summerlee." "You must remember," said Summerlee, sourly, "that I have a large class in London who are at present at the mercy of an extremely inefficient locum tenens."
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:[…] who speedily installed his Son […] into the office of Collector of Taxes, as a warming-pan, or locum tenens, till his Father-in-Law's twelvemonths of mock-heroic dignity had expired—or he should think proper to resume the Collectorship.
1820, The Steeliad, a Poem, in Three Cantos, page 35:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| locos tenentes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| locum tenentes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (8)
de Vertretungsperson (someone who temporarily fulfills the duties of another) · is staðgengill (someone who temporarily fulfills the duties of another) · eo anstataŭisto (someone who temporarily fulfills the duties of another) · da stedfortræder (someone who temporarily fulfills the duties of another) · de Stellvertreter (someone who temporarily fulfills the duties of another) · de Vertreter (someone who temporarily fulfills the duties of another) · az əvəzedici (someone who temporarily fulfills the duties of another) · mk местобљустител (someone who temporarily fulfills the duties of another)