1.
[syn: intern, interne, houseman, medical intern]
VERB (2)
1. deprive of freedom;
- Example: "During WW II, Japanese were interned in camps in the West"
2. work as an intern;
- Example: "The young doctor is interning at the Medical Center this year"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Intern \In*tern"\, a. [L. internus: cf. F. interne. See
Internal.]
Internal. [Obs.] --Howell.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Intern \In*tern"\, v. t. [F. interne. See Intern, a.]
1. To put for safe keeping in the interior of a place or
country; to confine to one locality; as, to intern troops
which have fled for refuge to a neutral country.
[1913 Webster]
2. To hold until the end of a war, as enemy citizens in a
country at the time of outbreak of hostilities; -- an
action performed by countries.
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
intern \in*tern"\, n. [F.] (F. pron. [a^]N`t[^a]rn")
1. (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.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
2. 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.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
intern
n 1: an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining
supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British
term) [syn: intern, interne, houseman, medical
intern]
v 1: deprive of freedom; "During WW II, Japanese were interned
in camps in the West"
2: work as an intern; "The young doctor is interning at the
Medical Center this year"