'houseman' definitions:
Definition of 'houseman'
(from WordNet)
noun
An advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term) [syn: intern, interne, houseman, medical intern]
Definition of 'houseman'
From: GCIDE
- houseman \houseman\ n. an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience in a hospital or other medical institution. [British]
- Syn: intern, interne, internist, medical intern. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'houseman'
From: GCIDE
- 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]