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[ˈɛkstəːn], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a person working in but not living in an institution, such as a non-resident doctor or other worker in a hospital
- (in a strictly enclosed order of nuns) a sister who does not live exclusively within the enclosure and goes on outside errands
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Origin
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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
[ˈɛkstəːn], (Verb)
Definitions:
- banish (someone considered politically undesirable) from a region or district
(e.g: he was externed for inciting communal tension in the city)
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Origin
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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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