'Intern' definitions:
Definition of 'intern'
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]
verb
Deprive of freedom; "During WW II, Japanese were interned in camps in the West"
verb
Work as an intern; "The young doctor is interning at the Medical Center this year"
Definition of 'Intern'
From: GCIDE
- Intern \In*tern"\, a. [L. internus: cf. F. interne. See Internal.] Internal. [Obs.] --Howell. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Intern'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'intern'
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]
Synonyms of 'intern'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- addressee,
- allopath,
- allopathist,
- apprentice teacher,
- artist-in-residence,
- attending physician,
- bastille,
- bolt in,
- bosom,
- cast in prison,
- center,
- clap in jail,
- clap up,
- confine,
- constrain,
- core,
- coroner,
- country doctor,
- croaker,
- deepest recesses,
- denizen,
- doc,
- doctor,
- Doctor of Medicine,
- dweller,
- family doctor,
- gaol,
- general practitioner,
- GP,
- graduate assistant,
- habitant,
- heart,
- heart of hearts,
- hold captive,
- hold in captivity,
- hold prisoner,
- house detective,
- house physician,
- immure,
- imprison,
- incarcerate,
- incumbent,
- inhabitant,
- inhabiter,
- inmate,
- inner,
- inner landscape,
- inner life,
- inner man,
- inner nature,
- inner recess,
- inner self,
- inpatient,
- inside,
- interior,
- interior man,
- internal,
- intrados,
- inward,
- jail,
- jug,
- leech,
- live-in maid,
- lock in,
- lock up,
- locum tenens,
- MD,
- medical attendant,
- medical examiner,
- medical man,
- medical practitioner,
- medico,
- monitor,
- occupant,
- occupier,
- paraprofessional,
- penetralia,
- physician,
- physician in ordinary,
- practice teacher,
- praepostor,
- prefect,
- prison,
- proctor,
- pupil teacher,
- quod,
- recesses,
- residencer,
- resident,
- resident physician,
- residentiary,
- resider,
- sawbones,
- secret place,
- secret places,
- sojourner,
- soul,
- student assistant,
- teaching assistant,
- teaching fellow,
- teaching intern,
- tenant,
- throw into jail,
- treat,
- vital center,
- vitals
Words containing 'Intern'
- Internal,
- Internality,
- Internally,
- International,
- Internationalism,
- Internationally,
- Interne,
- Internity,
- Internment,
- internalization,
- internalize,
- internationality,
- internic,
- Internal angle,
- Internal gear,
- Internal navigation,
- International Falls,
- International code,
- International copyright,
- International law,
- The internal sense,
- internal auditor,
- internal combustion,
- internal control,
- internal drive,
- internal ear,
- internal medicine,
- internal organ,
- internal representation,
- internal respiration,
- internal revenue,
- internal rhyme,
- internal secretion,
- international affairs,
- international ampere,
- international candle,
- international flight,
- international grandmaster,
- international jihad,
- international joule,
- international mile,
- international organisation,
- international organization,
- international pitch,
- international scale,
- international system,
- international terrorism,
- international waters,
- internment camp,
- medical intern,
- rotary international,
- systeme international,
- Internal-combustion,
- International Date Line,
- International Falls, MN,
- International Morse Code,
- Private international law,
- balance of international payments,
- collector of internal revenue,
- internal auditory artery,
- internal auditory vein,
- internal carotid artery,
- internal cerebral vein,
- internal iliac artery,
- internal iliac vein,
- internal jugular vein,
- internal maxillary artery,
- internal revenue agent,
- internal revenue service,
- internal spermatic artery,
- international court of justice,
- international development association,
- international finance corporation,
- international intelligence agency,
- international labor organization,
- international labour organization,
- international logistic support,
- international maritime organization,
- international monetary fund,
- international nautical mile,
- international system of units,
- international wanted notice,
- kennedy international airport,
- Internal-combustion engine,
- International Society for Krishna Consciousness,
- centre for international crime prevention,
- female internal reproductive organ,
- international association of lions clubs,
- international atomic energy agency,
- international bank for reconstruction and development,
- international civil aviation organization,
- international law enforcement agency,
- international relations and security network,
- male internal reproductive organ,
- systeme international d'unites,
- anti-imperialist international brigade,
- Le Systeme International de Unit'es,
- international islamic front for jihad against jews and crusaders,
- united nations international children's emergency fund,
- four-stroke internal-combustion engine