Etymology · Medieval Latin
locum tenēns
2 English words descend from Medieval Latin locum tenēns, most common first.
- locum tenensA professional person (such as a doctor or clergyman) who temporarily fulfills the duties of another.
- stadtholderThe chief provincial magistrate, military commander, and, as a member of the House of Orange, highest-ranking noble in the Dutch Republic, who often served as a de facto head of state alongside the States General; the position became hereditary in 1747