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internee

a person who has been confined, as a prisoner of war: He was an internee of the Germans.
Not to be confused with:
intern – apprentice; trainee: She was an intern at the White House.
internist – a physician specializing in diagnosis and treatment of diseases: You should see an internist about the pain in your stomach.
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in·tern·ee

 (ĭn′tûr-nē′)
n.
One who is interned or confined, especially in wartime.
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internee

(ˌɪntɜːˈniː)
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a person who is interned, esp an enemy citizen in wartime or a terrorism suspect
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in•tern•ee

(ˌɪn tɜrˈni)

n.
a person who is or has been interned.
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Noun1.internee - a person who is interned; "the internees were enemy aliens and suspected terrorists"
captive, prisoner - a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
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internee

[ˌɪntɜːˈniː] N → prisionero/a m/f de guerra (civil)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

internee

[ˌɪntɜːrˈniː] n → interné(e) m/f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

internee

n → Internierte(r) mf
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

internee

[ˌɪntɜːˈniː] n → internato/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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More than 30 internee doctors resided in the hostel, adding no causality reported till the last report, he added.
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As one of the thousands who had to carry identity papers and report each month, former internee Nicholas (Nick) Lypka describes his experience in Yurij Luhovy's documentary film Freedom Had a Price: "I felt like a criminal.
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The board has also been empowered to periodically review the conditions of internment Centers and recommend suitable action for consideration of the provincial government and it shall also take notice of any complaint or information in respect of any degrading treatment of any person interned or any torture or any in-dignified treatment meted out to an internee.
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As it seems far fetched to conduct a fresh psc the Chief Minister is requested to reinstate the Internee lecturers hired by the previous government to fill the gap.
Request to Honorable CM Punjab
Certificates were given to the trainees of Basic Training for internee doctors in the Centre for Clinical Excellence "Skill lab" of DCMCH.
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The Dutch East Indies were occupied by the Japanese during WWII and Censorship covers were displayed along with Internee mail from the many camps set-up by the Japanese.
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The German American Internee Coalition puts the number of people deported from Latin America to internment camps in the US at more than 6,600: 4,058 Germans, 2,264 Japanese, and 287 Italians.
Japanese Latin Americans detained during WWII seek redress from U.S
Composed by Austrian internee Hans Gal from his Hutchinson hospital bed, the revue was produced and performed entirely by internees.
A musical tale of when Britain interned German refugees
To study the stigma of internee medical students towards mentally ill patients.
A cross-sectional and comparative study of stigma in undergraduate medical students towards mentally ill patients
These programs should be designed scientifically so as to identify an internee's strengths and weaknesses.
Fighting unemployment
Having read both reports with great interest, I came to the conclusion that the odds were much shorter that the archaeologists would be able to decide the age, sex, reason for death, diet, birthday, DNA, date of death and the name and address of the internee, than those for agreement on a sale of the Ricoh.
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''History always has the ability to repeat itself,'' Norman Mineta, a former Heart Mountain internee who served as U.S.
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