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extern

Pronunciation: /ɪkˈstəːn, ɛk-/

Definition of extern

noun

1North American a non-resident doctor or other worker in a hospital.

2(in a strictly enclosed order of nuns) a sister who does not live exclusively within the enclosure and goes on outside errands.

verb

[with object] SE Asian

banish (someone considered politically undesirable) from a region or district:he was externed for inciting communal tension in the city

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externment

Origin:

mid 16th century (as an adjective in the sense 'external'): from French externe or Latin externus, from exter 'outer'. The word was used by Shakespeare to mean 'outward appearance'; current noun senses date from the early 17th century

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