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noun

intern n.

(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)

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.

verb

Intern v. t.

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.

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.

adjective

Intern adj. Internal. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Intern'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Intern" Quotes from Famous Books

... he answered, with a heat and agitation which surprised her. "I tell you this Lusitania will finish our business. They will have me. They will take me away from you all. Already the papers have: 'Intern all the Huns.'" He sat down at the kitchen table and buried his face in hands still grimy from his leather work. Mrs. Gerhardt stood beside ...

— Tatterdemalion • John Galsworthy

... that again), excellently illustrated by Mr. NORMAN WILKINSON, had better be confiscated forthwith by parents who do not wish their sons to become sailors. And in the end I am left wondering whether the Admiralty, overburdened by clamorous applicants, would not be wise to intern Mr. NEWBOLT in one of those camps where no ink or paper is provided, because, if he repeats this performance, we shall want a dozen new naval colleges and ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 4, 1914 • Various

... declared, "be saved from ruin, from becoming a nation of coolies for the enrichment of others." Access to some of the provinces was denied to her by Provincial Governments, and the Government of Madras decided to "intern" her. The "internment" meant merely that she transferred her residence and most of her activities from Madras to Ootacamund, the summer quarters of the Madras Government, where she hoisted the Home Rule flag on her house and continued to direct ...

— India, Old and New • Sir Valentine Chirol

... Was 'interne' (Five minutes later the ambulance intern hastily scribbled in his record the entry, ...

— The Mind Master • Arthur J. Burks

... necessary to explain how this Frenchman came to quit France, what motive attracted him to the United States, why the Federal government had judged it prudent and necessary to intern him in this sanitarium, where every utterance that unconsciously escaped him during his crises were noted and ...

— Facing the Flag • Jules Verne

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