Definition of Probationer

1. Noun. A nurse in training who is undergoing a trial period.

Exact synonyms: Student Nurse
Generic synonyms: Nurse

2. Noun. Someone released on probation or on parole.
Exact synonyms: Parolee
Generic synonyms: Criminal, Crook, Felon, Malefactor, Outlaw
Derivative terms: Parole

Definition of Probationer

1. n. One who is undergoing probation; one who is on trial; a novice.

Definition of Probationer

1. Noun. one who is on probation ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Probationer

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Probationer

probangs
probasin
probate
probate court
probate courts
probate will
probated
probates
probating
probation
probation officer
probational
probationally
probationary
probationary period
probationer (current term)
probationers
probationership
probationerships
probations
probationship
probationships
probative
probatory
probe
probe-and-drogue
probeable
probed
probelike
probenecid

Literary usage of Probationer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Stickit Minister: And Some Common Men by Samuel Rutherford Crockett (1894)
"He has been a long time as a probationer—six year and more—so that there were some that said that he would never wag his head but in another man's pulpit. ..."

2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1876)
"They seized the opportunity of your absence, for although the probationer lad did well enough, and I am willing to believe he has the root of the matter in ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1820)
"... and exhibits more vigour of thought and language than we usually find in books of this class. Art. 22. Campbell; or the Scottish probationer. ..."

4. The English Poets by Thomas Humphry Ward, Matthew Arnold (1918)
"LADY-probationer Some three, or five, or seven, and thirty years; A Roman nose; a dimpling double-chin; Dark eyes and shy that, ignorant of sin, ..."

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