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trainee

[ trey-nee ]

noun

  1. a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
  2. an enlisted person undergoing military training. train.


trainee

/ treɪˈniː /

noun

    1. a person undergoing training
    2. ( as modifier )

      a trainee journalist



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Word History and Origins

Origin of trainee1

First recorded in 1840–50; train + -ee

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Example Sentences

The story of a wayward anesthesia trainee who took a near fatal dose of fentanyl hit the news this week.

A trainee pharmacist standing near the blast lost an eye and suffered head injuries.

Wise words from the traumatized hotel trainee: steer clear of anything but the sheets.

A beener or D ring was attached to each trainee via a rappel seat that went around his waist and upper thighs.

The instructors would launch a trainee every thirty seconds and challenge him to pass the guy ahead of him.

Well, our records show that Oswald was classified as a replacement trainee.

That's probably what I was, too, a replacement trainee for overseas.

In other words, you had a trainee with you, and that is the reason you were not alone?

But beyond that only the rare black trainee designated for specialist service was assigned to a white training unit.

This second platoon, the day platoon, works primarily one-man squads, and our two-man squads are trainee squads.

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