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extern noun /ˈekstɜːn/ /ˈekstɜːrn/ (North American English) jump to other results - a person who works in an institution but does not live there, especially a doctor or other worker in a hospital
Word Originmid 16th cent. (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 cent.
extern verb /ekˈstɜːn/ /ekˈstɜːrn/ (Indian English) jump to other results - extern somebody (from something) to order somebody to leave a region or district as a punishment
- The police have drawn up plans to extern notorious criminals from the city.
compare internWord Originmid 16th cent. (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 cent.
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