intern

Meanings

Noun

• A person who is interned, forcibly or voluntarily.
• A student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field.
• A medical student or recent graduate working in a hospital as a final part of medical training.

Verb

• To imprison somebody, usually without trial.
• To internalize.
• To work as an intern. Usually with little or no pay or other legal prerogatives of employment, for the purpose of furthering a program of education.

Adjective

• Internal.

Origin

• From French interner, from interne, from Latin internus ("within, internal"), compare Etymology 2
• From French interne, from Latin internus, from inter; compare etymology 1.