trainee
noun/tɹeɪˈni/ · [tʃɹeɪˈni]
Etymology From train + -ee.
1
Someone who is still in the process of being formally trained in a workplace.
2
A juvenile inmate being trained and (re)educated in a reformatory school.
- Synonyms
- orientee
- Derived terms
- cookee, traineeship
- Related terms
- apprentice, buddy, intern, work shadowing