Definition of "intern" []

• A student or a recent graduate undergoing supervised practical training. (noun)
• 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. (noun)
• One who is interned; an internee. (noun)
• To train or serve as an intern. (verb-intransitive)
• To confine, especially in wartime. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Zemzem's other children range in age from 2 to 12, the intern translates as he gently pulls down her gown to cover up her back."
• "Mimi Alford was terrified in 1998 when the Monica Lewinsky scandal turned the word "intern" into a dirty joke, exposing an affair with a president."
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