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locums

locums is the plural of locum.

Meaning of locum

Noun (1)

locum (plural locums)

  1. (Australia, UK, informal) A period working as a locum tenens.
    • -- "I suppose you wouldn't like to do a locum for a month on the South coast? Three guineas a week with board and lodging." -- "I wouldn't mind," said Philip. -- "It's at Farnley, in Dorsetshire. Doctor South. You'd have to go down at once; his assistant has developed mumps. I believe it's a very...1915, W.S. Maugham, Of Human Bondage, chapter 116

Noun (2)

locum (plural loca)

  1. (historical) A share in a Genoese trading vessel.

Questions about locums

What is locums the plural of?
Locums is the plural of locum.

Words near locums in the dictionary

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

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