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单词 locum tenent
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locum tenentn.

Brit. /ˌləʊkəm ˈtɛnənt/, U.S. /ˌloʊkəm ˈtɛnənt/
Forms:

α. 1900s– locum tenant; Scottish pre-1700 locum tenant.

β. 1700s– locum tenent; Scottish pre-1700 locum tenent.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a variant or alteration of another lexical item; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: lieutenant n., Latin locum tenent-, locum tenens.
Etymology: Partly (in sense 1) an alteration of lieutenant n. after post-classical Latin locum tenent-, locum tenens locum tenens n., and partly (in sense 2) < post-classical Latin locum tenent-, locum tenens locum tenens n.With the α. forms compare tenant n.
Now rare.
1. Scottish. As a title of office: = lieutenant n. 1c. Obsolete.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer by rank > [noun] > lieutenant
legate1474
petty captainc1475
locum tenent1492
lieutenant1578
lieutenant-captain1728
teniente1798
luff1836
loot1898
looey1916
tenente1929
1492 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 421 My lord Huntlie, locumtenant.
1544 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 193 For furnesing of ane thowsand horse to remain with the locumtenant on the bordouris, for resisting of our auld ennimeis of Ingland.
1544 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 194 And als thair was presentit in iugment twa writingis of the Erle of Huntlie, locumtenent generale of the north of Scotland.
2. A locum; = locum tenens n. 1.
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the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > locum
locum tenent1714
locum1885
1714 J. Ayliffe Antient & Present State Univ. Oxf. II. iii. i. 140 If they [sc. the Masters of Arts, and Doctors in Divinity, Law, and Physick] be deferr'd..the Chancellor or his Locum-tenent may summon and admit them.
1899 Lancet 19 Aug. 547/1 I met with a serious accident..in consequence of which I had to engage a locum-tenent.
1907 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 18 May 1220/2 He recently went away from his practice, leaving a locum tenant in charge.
1969 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 25 Oct. 242/3 After a short spell as an assistant in a practice near Leeds he worked as a locumtenent for the late Dr. R. J. Merson in Dewsbury.

Derivatives

locumtenentry n. (in form locumtenendry) [compare lieutenantry n.] Scottish Obsolete the office or position of locum tenent (sense 1); = lieutenantry n.
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1544 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 194 Within the boundis of his locumtenendry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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