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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•tern (ek′stûrn; for 3 also ik stûrn′),USA pronunciation n. - a person connected with an institution but not residing in it, as a doctor or medical student at a hospital.
- Religiona nun of a strictly enclosed order, as the Carmelites, who resides inside the convent but outside its enclosure and who chiefly goes on outside errands.
adj. - [Archaic.]external;
outer.
- Latin externus, derivative of exter, exterus. See exterior
- 1525–35
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