intern

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive), Verb (intransitive), Adjective
• HYPHEN: in=tern

CIDE DICTIONARY

intern, a. [L. internus: cf. F. interne. See Internal.].

 Internal.  Howell.  [1913 Webster]

intern, v. t. [F. interne. See Intern, a.].

•  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]
•  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]

intern, n. [F.].

•  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.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  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]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

intern, n. & v.
--n. (also interne) US a recent graduate or advanced student living in a hospital and acting as an assistant physician or surgeon.
--v.
1 tr. confine; oblige (a prisoner, alien, etc.) to reside within prescribed limits.
2 intr. US serve as an intern.

Derivative

internment n. internship n.

Etymology

F interne f. L internus internal

THESAURUS

intern

Doctor of Medicine, GP, MD, 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, dweller, family doctor, gaol, general practitioner, 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, 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

ROGET THESAURUS

intern

Interiority

VB be inside, within, place within, keep within, inclose, intern, imbed.

Learner

N learner, scholar, student, pupil, apprentice, prentice, journeyman, articled clerk, beginner, tyro, amateur, rank amateur, abecedarian, alphabetarian, alumnus, eleve, recruit, raw recruit, novice, neophyte, inceptor, catechumen, probationer, seminarian, chela, fellow-commoner, debutant, intern, resident, schoolboy, fresh, freshman, frosh, junior soph, junior, senior soph, senior, sophister, sophomore, questionist, undergraduate, graduate student, law student, medical student, pre-med, post-doctoral student, post-doc, matriculated student, part-time student, night student, auditor, class, grade, seminar, form, remove, pupilage, disciple, follower, apostle, proselyte, fellow-student, condisciple, school, in statu pupillari, in leading strings, practise makes perfect.