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English Dictionary: probationer by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
probationer
n
  1. a nurse in training who is undergoing a trial period [syn: probationer, student nurse]
  2. someone released on probation or on parole
    Synonym(s): probationer, parolee
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Probationer \Pro*ba"tion*er\, n.
      1. One who is undergoing probation; one who is on trial; a
            novice.
  
                     While yet a young probationer, And candidate of
                     heaven.                                             --Dryden.
  
      2. A student in divinity, who, having received certificates
            of good morals and qualifications from his university, is
            admitted to several trials by a presbytery, and, on
            acquitting himself well, is licensed to preach. [Scot.]
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