See Also: extern(medicine)
extern(dictionary)
extern(dictionary)

extern (iou)



extern adjective & noun. Also externe. M16.
[French externe or Latin externus, from exter: see EXTERIOR.]
A. adjective.
= EXTERNAL adjective 1. Now rare (poet.). M16.
= EXTERNAL adjective 4. Now rare. M16.
Situated in, belonging to, or designating a foreign country. M16-M17.
= EXTERNAL adjective 3a, c. (Foll. by to.) Now chiefly poet. L16.
Connected with a community but not resident in it. Cf. sense B.2 below. M19.
b. noun.
Outward appearance. rare (Shakes.). Only in L16.
A person attached to a community or institution but not resident in it; esp.: (a) (in a strictly enclosed order of nuns) a sister who lives outside the enclosure and goes on outside errands; (b) (in a hospital) a non-resident doctor, worker, or patient; (in a school) a non-boarding pupil [French externe]. E17.