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Definition of cum preposition from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cum

preposition
 
/kʌm/
 
/kʌm/
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  1. (used for linking two nouns) and; as well as
    • a bedroom-cum-study
    • He’s a barman-cum-waiter.
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: Latin.
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