[ noun ] an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term) <noun.person>
Interne \In*terne"\, n. [See {Intern}, a.] That which is within; the interior. [Poetic] --Mrs. Browning.
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]