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intern

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noun

  1. a resident member of the medical staff of a hospital, usually a recent medical school graduate serving under supervision.

  2. Education.student teacher.

  3. a person who works as an apprentice or trainee in an occupation or profession to gain practical experience, and sometimes also to satisfy legal or other requirements for being licensed or accepted professionally.



verb (used without object)

interned, interning 
  1. to be or perform the duties of an intern.

intern

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verb (used with object)

  1. to restrict to or confine within prescribed limits, as prisoners of war, enemy aliens, or combat troops who take refuge in a neutral country.

  2. to impound or hold within a country until the termination of a war, as a ship of a belligerent that has put into a neutral port and remained beyond a limited period.

noun

  1. a person who is or has been interned; internee.

intern

3

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adjective

Archaic.
  1. internal.

intern

verb

  1. (tr) to detain or confine (foreign or enemy citizens, ships, etc), esp during wartime

  2. (intr) to serve or train as an intern

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. another word for internee

  2. Also: interne.British equivalent: house officer.med a graduate in the first year of practical training after medical school, resident in a hospital and under supervision by senior doctors

  3. a student teacher

  4. a student or recent graduate receiving practical training in a working environment

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. an archaic word for internal

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of intern1

First recorded in 1825–30 intern 1 for def. 1, and in 1920–25 intern 1 for defs. 2, 3; from French interne “assistant doctor,” from Latin internus “iԷɲ”; intern 3

Origin of intern2

First recorded in 1865–70; from French interner “to send inland; confine,” verbal derivative of interne intern 3

Origin of intern3

First recorded in 1570–80; from Latin internus “inward,” equivalent to inter- inter- + -nus adjective suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of intern1

C19: from Latin internus internal
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Habon said she worked on new graduate housing going up on campus, a project she joined as an intern for one of the firms that’s part of the program.

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As a manager in his company, Van Belle oversees the work of a handful of interns each year.

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The White House appointed Fugate, a former Trump campaign worker who interned at the hard-right Heritage Foundation, to a Homeland Security role that was expanded to include the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships.

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Trump finally appeared on the portico of the Blue Room after 7 p.m. on Wednesday to welcome new interns to what the White House described as a “soiree” on the South Lawn.

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A Tampa PBS intern spoke with Salon on how this is affecting her station.

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