What is the meaning of intern?

noun

  • An advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term.

verb

  • Deprive of freedom.
    • usage: "During WW II, Japanese were interned in camps in the West"
  • Work as an intern.
    • usage: "The young doctor is interning at the Medical Center this year"
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