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locum

noun
/ˈləʊkəm/UK

Definitions

  1. Ellipsis of locum tenens.

    • There was a certain amount of feeling evidenced against Dr. Quentin. To begin with, he was not the regular doctor, only a locum, putting in a month’s work, whilst Dr. Bolitho was away on a well-earned holiday.
    • "I asked about his Joes, he said the Joes could look after themselves and if Jack was bothered about them he could send a locum."

  2. A period working as a locum tenens.

  3. A share in a Genoese trading vessel.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA