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locum tenens

UK/ˌləʊkəm ˈtɛnɛns/

locum tenens noun: a professional person (such as a doctor or clergyman) who temporarily fulfills the duties of another.

Noun

locum tenens (plural locum tenentes or locos tenentes)

  1. A professional person (such as a doctor or clergyman) who temporarily fulfills the duties of another.
    • […] 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
    • "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
    Synonyms:
    locum, proxy, stand-in

locum tenens meaning in Tamil

locum tenens in Tamil

பகர ஆள்

Synonyms of locum tenens

Forms of locum tenens

plurallocum tenentes
plurallocos tenentes

Origin of locum tenens

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

Questions about locum tenens

What does locum tenens mean?
Locum tenens means a professional person (such as a doctor or clergyman) who temporarily fulfills the duties of another.
What is locum tenens in Tamil?
Locum tenens in Tamil is பகர ஆள். See Locum tenens meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is locum tenens?
Locum tenens is a noun.
How do you pronounce locum tenens?
Locum tenens is pronounced /ˌləʊkəm ˈtɛnɛns/ (UK).
What is the plural of locum tenens?
The plural of locum tenens is locum tenentes.

Words near locum tenens in the dictionary

  1. loculose
  2. loculous
  3. loculus
  4. locum
  5. locum tenency
  6. locum tenens
  7. locum tenentes
  8. locums
  9. locumship
  10. locumships
  11. locundioside

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