houseman

3 definitions found

houseman - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  houseman \houseman\ n.
     an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining
     supervised practical experience in a hospital or other
     medical institution. [British]
  
     Syn: intern, interne, internist, medical intern.
          [WordNet 1.5]

  intern \in*tern"\, n. [F.] (F. pron. [a^]N`t[^a]rn")
     1. (Med.) A resident physician in a hospital, especially one
        who has recently received the Doctorate and is practising
        under supervision of experienced physicians, as a
        continuation of the training process; a house physician;
        also called houseman in Britain. [Also spelled
        interne.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
  
     2. A person working as an apprentice to gain experience in an
        occupation; sometimes the position is paid a salary, and
        other times it is not; as, a white house intern; an intern
        in a law firm.
        [PJC]

houseman - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  houseman
      n 1: an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining
           supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British
           term) [syn: intern, interne, houseman, medical intern
           ]