Usually means: Temporary substitute for a professional.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. locum: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. locum: Merriam-Webster
  3. locum: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. locum: Collins English Dictionary
  5. locum: Vocabulary.com
  6. Locum, locum: Wordnik
  7. locum: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. locum: Wiktionary
  9. locum: Dictionary.com
  10. Locum: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. locum: Rhymezone
  12. locum: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. locum: FreeDictionary.org
  14. locum: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  15. locum: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. locum: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. locum: Legal dictionary

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. locum: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. locum: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. locum: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (British, Australia, informal) A period working as a locum tenens.
noun:  (historical) A share in a Genoese trading vessel.
noun:  (British, Australia, informal) Short for locum tenens. [A professional person (such as a doctor or clergyman) who temporarily fulfills the duties of another.]

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