'Extern' definitions:

Definition of 'extern'

From: WordNet
noun
A nonresident doctor or medical student; connected with a hospital but not living there [syn: extern, medical extern]

Definition of 'Extern'

From: GCIDE
  • Extern \Ex*tern"\, n. [Cf. F. externe.]
  • 1. A pupil in a seminary who lives without its walls; a day scholar. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Outward form or part; exterior. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • 3. same as externe. [PJC]

Definition of 'Extern'

From: GCIDE
  • Extern \Ex*tern"\, a. [Cf. F. externe. See External.] External; outward; not inherent. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Extern'

From: GCIDE
  • Externe \Ex`terne"\, Extern \Ex*tern"\([e^]ks`t[e^]rn"), n. [F. Cf. Extern.] a person affiliated with an institution who does not reside there; especially, (Med.) a doctor or medical student who is in attendance upon, or is assisting at, a hospital, but who does not reside in it. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]