'Probationer' definitions:
Definition of 'probationer'
From: WordNet
noun
A nurse in training who is undergoing a trial period [syn: probationer, student nurse]
noun
Someone released on probation or on parole [syn: probationer, parolee]
Definition of 'Probationer'
From: GCIDE
- Probationer \Pro*ba"tion*er\, n. [1913 Webster]
- 1. One who is undergoing probation; one who is on trial; a novice. [1913 Webster]
- While yet a young probationer, And candidate of heaven. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A student in divinity, who, having received certificates of good morals and qualifications from his university, is admitted to several trials by a presbytery, and, on acquitting himself well, is licensed to preach. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'probationer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abecedarian,
- alphabetarian,
- apprentice,
- articled clerk,
- baby,
- beginner,
- boot,
- catechumen,
- charge nurse,
- deb,
- debutant,
- district nurse,
- entrant,
- fledgling,
- freshman,
- graduate nurse,
- greenhorn,
- greeny,
- ignoramus,
- inductee,
- infant,
- initiate,
- learner,
- licensed practical nurse,
- LPN,
- neophyte,
- nestling,
- new boy,
- newcomer,
- novice,
- novitiate,
- nurse,
- nursing sister,
- postulant,
- practical nurse,
- private-duty nurse,
- probationist,
- probe,
- public health nurse,
- raw recruit,
- recruit,
- registered nurse,
- RN,
- rookie,
- school nurse,
- scrub nurse,
- sister,
- student nurse,
- surgical nurse,
- tenderfoot,
- trained nurse,
- trainee,
- tyro,
- visiting nurse