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locumtenent, -tenant
[ad. late L. locum tenent-em: see prec.]
†a. = lieutenant. Sc. Obs.
1492Extracts Aberd. Reg. (1844) I. 421 My lord Huntlie, locumtenant. 1544Ibid. 193 For furnesing of ane thowsand horse to remain with the locumtenant on the bordouris, for resisting of our auld ennimeis of Ingland. Ibid. 194 And als thair was presentit in iugment twa writingis of the Erle of Huntlie, locumtenent generale of the north of Scotland.
b. = locum tenens.
1899Lancet 19 Aug. 547/1, I met with a serious accident..in consequence of which I had to engage a locum-tenent. Ibid., This sort of thing should make men very careful as to locum-tenents before engaging them.
Hence † locumtenentry (Sc. -tenendry) = lieutenantry.
1544Extracts Aberd. Reg. (1844) I. 194 Within the boundis of his locumtenendry. |