(~s)
A ~ is a person who takes someone else’s place or does someone else’s job for a while, for example because the other person is ill or away.
He was a ~ for my regular doctor.
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(~s)
A ~ is a person who takes someone else’s place or does someone else’s job for a while, for example because the other person is ill or away.
He was a ~ for my regular doctor.
N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012