English Explanatory Dictionary

president pro tempore

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An officer in a legislature who looks over it if the usual presiding officer is absent.

Word forms

president pro tempore presidents pro tempore

Etymology

From Latin prō tempore (“for a time”).

Synonyms

president pro tem speaker pro tempore
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