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Definition of Probationer
1. Noun. A nurse in training who is undergoing a trial period.
2. Noun. Someone released on probation or on parole.
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
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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