locum tenens

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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

/ˌləʊkəm ˈtɛnɛns/

locum tenens locum tenentes locos tenentes

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

locum proxy stand-in

locum locus tenant

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