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noun
An officer in a legislature who looks over it if the usual presiding officer is absent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government
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Synonyms: president pro tem, speaker pro tempore
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Latin prō tempore (“for a time”).
