extern

4 definitions found

extern - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Extern \Ex*tern"\, a. [Cf. F. externe. See External.]
     External; outward; not inherent. [Obs.] --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

  Extern \Ex*tern"\, n. [Cf. F. externe.]
     1. A pupil in a seminary who lives without its walls; a day
        scholar.
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     2. Outward form or part; exterior. [R.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. same as externe.
        [PJC]

  Externe \Ex`terne"\, Extern \Ex*tern"\([e^]ks`t[e^]rn"), n. [F.
     Cf. Extern.]
     a person affiliated with an institution who does not reside
     there; especially, (Med.) a doctor or medical student who is
     in attendance upon, or is assisting at, a hospital, but who
     does not reside in it.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

extern - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  extern
      n 1: a nonresident doctor or medical student; connected with a
           hospital but not living there [syn: extern, medical extern
           ]