intern Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

In*tern" adjective
Etymology
L. internus: cf. F. interne. See Internal.
Definitions
  1. Internal. Obs. Howell.
In*tern" transitive verb
Etymology
F. interne. See Intern, a.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913