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in⋅tern

1 [v. in-turn; n. in-turn]

–verb (used with object)

1.	to restrict to or confine within prescribed limits, as prisoners of war, enemy aliens, or combat troops who take refuge in a neutral country.

2.	to impound or hold within a country until the termination of a war, as a ship of a belligerent that has put into a neutral port and remained beyond a limited period.

–noun

3.	a person who is or has been interned; internee.

Origin:
1865–70; < F interner, v. deriv. of interne intern ³

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Language Translation for : intern

Spanish:

internar,

German:

internieren,

Japanese:

抑留する

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in⋅tern

2 [in-turn]

–noun Also, interne.

1.	a resident member of the medical staff of a hospital, usually a recent medical school graduate serving under supervision.

2.	Education. student teacher.

3.	a person who works as an apprentice or trainee in an occupation or profession to gain practical experience, and sometimes also to satisfy legal or other requirements for being licensed or accepted professionally.

–verb (used without object)

4.	to be or perform the duties of an intern.

Origin:
1875–80, Americanism; < F interne < L internus intern ³

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in⋅tern

3 [in-turn]

–adjective Archaic.

internal.

Origin:
1570–80; < L internus inward, equiv. to inter- inter- + -nus adj. suffix; see extern

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in·tern also in·terne (ĭn'tûrn') Pronunciation Key
n.

1. A student or a recent graduate undergoing supervised practical training.
2. A physician who has recently graduated from medical school and is learning medical practice in a hospital under supervision, prior to beginning a residency program.
One who is interned; an internee.

v.   in·terned, in·tern·ing, in·terns

v.   intr.
To train or serve as an intern.

v.   tr. also (ĭn-tûrn')
To confine, especially in wartime.

adj.   Archaic (ĭn-tûrn')
Internal.

[French interne, from Latin internus, internal; see internal.]

in'tern·ship' n.

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intern (v.)

1866, "to confine within set limits," from Fr. interner "send to the interior, confine," from M.Fr. interne "inner, internal," from L. internus "within, internal" (see internal). Internment is first attested 1870.

intern (n.)

1879, Amer.Eng. "one working under supervision as part of professional training," esp. "doctor in training in a hospital," from Fr. interne "assistant doctor," lit. "resident within a school," from M.Fr. interne "internal" (see intern (v.)). The verb in this sense is attested from 1933; internship is from 1904.

intern
noun
1.	an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience ('houseman' is a British term)
verb
1.	deprive of freedom; "During WW II, Japanese were interned in camps in the West"
2.	work as an intern; "The young doctor is interning at the Medical Center this year"

Intern

In*tern"\, a. [L. internus: cf. F. interne. See Internal.] Internal. [Obs.] --Howell.

Intern

In*tern"\, 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.