Intern - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Intern :  (noun)

1: an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term) [syn: interne, houseman, medical intern] (verb)
1: deprive of freedom; "During WWII, Japanese were interned in camps in the West"
2: work as an intern; "The toung doctor is interning at the Medical Center this year"

Based on WordNet 2.0

Intern : \In*tern"\, a. [L. internus: cf. F. interne. See Internal.] Internal. [Obs.] --Howell.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Intern : \In*tern"\, v. t. [F. interne. See Intern, a.] 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.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Intern :  Intern: In medicine, a doctor who has completed medical school and is engaged in a year of additional training at a hospital before residency. An intern may, for example, be in pediatrics or medicine (internal medicine). The internship year is often quite rigorous.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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