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noun

intern n.

(Med.) A resident physician in a hospital, especially one who has recently received the Doctorate and is practising under supervision of experienced physicians, as a continuation of the training process; a house physician; also called houseman in Britain. (Also spelled interne)

A person working as an apprentice to gain experience in an occupation; sometimes the position is paid a salary, and other times it is not; as, a white house intern; an intern in a law firm.

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Etymology of 'Intern'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Intern" Quotes from Famous Books

... possible. Kennon grimaced wryly. He'd be damned if he'd sell his training for six thousand a year. Slave labor, that's what it was. There were a dozen ads like that in the Journal. Well, he'd give them a trial, but he'd ask eight thousand and full GEA benefits. Eight years of school and two more as an intern ...

— The Lani People • J. F. Bone

... tape-worm which troubles oysters, irritates to pearl-making, and passes through other transformations in other hosts, and completes its cycle in the body of a shark, would be too minute for inexpert detection. The fact that molluscs do intern foreign and obnoxious substances is testimony to their decency and love of cleanliness, and so may the pearl be still accepted as the embodiment of purity. Though all its little soul be dirt, the pearl is pure, and but for the dirt or the germ of a filthy ...

— Tropic Days • E. J. Banfield

Words linked to "Intern" : medical intern, houseman, Great Britain, confine, internment, doc, United Kingdom, internee, medico, UK, doctor, detain, md, Dr.