[ˈɛkstəːn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person working in but not living in an institution, such as a non-resident doctor or other worker in a hospital

- (in a strictly enclosed order of nuns) a sister who does not live exclusively within the enclosure and goes on outside errands


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (as an adjective in the sense ‘external’): from French externe or Latin externus, from exter ‘outer’. The word was used by Shakespeare to mean ‘outward appearance’; current noun senses date from the early 17th century

[ˈɛkstəːn], (Verb)

Definitions:
- banish (someone considered politically undesirable) from a region or district
(e.g: he was externed for inciting communal tension in the city)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 16th century (as an adjective in the sense ‘external’): from French externe or Latin externus, from exter ‘outer’. The word was used by Shakespeare to mean ‘outward appearance’; current noun senses date from the early 17th century