probationer

[ proh-bey-shuh-ner ]

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noun

a person undergoing probation or trial.

Origin of probationer

First recorded in 1595–1605; probation + -er¹

Other words from probationer

pro·ba·tion·er·ship, noun

Words Nearby probationer

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How to use probationer in a sentence

The level of accountability demanded of a defendant in veterans' court far exceeds that of a normal probationer.
From PTSD to Prison: Why Veterans Become Criminals | Matthew Wolfe | July 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
In practice, the judge often declines to do so; they send the probationer back to try again.
The Cost of Costly Punishment | Megan McArdle | September 20, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Is that the new criterion for acceptance of responsibility by a probationer?
Send Lindsay to Jail! | Rikki Klieman | October 20, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
The door opened again to admit the probationer come to relieve Miss Howe.
Hilda | Sarah Jeanette Duncan
I believe he became a "probationer," but his creed was never quite settled enough for him to accept "full membership."
Duffels | Edward Eggleston

He would go unarmed to their houses as often as required, and keep in touch with them—as a probationer.
The Code of the Mountains | Charles Neville Buck
For above the landlady's exposition rose the probationer's voice: "Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus."
Afterwards | Ian Maclaren
But the probationer waited anxiously for the first post on Tuesday, which would give the result, and I was only less anxious.
Afterwards | Ian Maclaren

British Dictionary definitions for probationer

probationer

/ (prəˈbeɪʃənə) /

noun

a person on probation

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