extern
Americannoun
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a person connected with an institution but not residing in it, as a doctor or medical student at a hospital.
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a nun of a strictly enclosed order, as the Carmelites, who resides inside the convent but outside its enclosure and who chiefly goes on outside errands.
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of extern
1525–35; < Latin externus, derivative of exter, exterus. See exterior
Example Sentences
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Turner passed the bar in 1987, clerked as an extern for a U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
While in law school, Peters served as an extern on the Washington Supreme Court.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2024
So, we drew some sketches of a customized wheelchair and I sent them to a friend who is a Lego enthusiast,’ said Garrett Fraess, veterinary extern at the Zoo.
From Fox News ● Sep. 26, 2018
The extern wrote “if yes, who, and how would I go about making such a request without violating my obligations in the process?”
From Slate ● Jan. 29, 2018
To the extern residence we are decidedly opposed.
From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston
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