extern

 
Pronunciation: /ɪkˈstəːn, ɛk-/

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

Derivatives

externment

noun

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