trainee

noun

train·​ee trā-ˈnē How to pronounce trainee (audio)
Synonyms of traineenext
: one that is being trained especially for a job
traineeship noun

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Songwriter Ejae, who provides the singing voice for Rumi and co-wrote five of the album’s seven original songs, spent more than a decade as a trainee for SM Entertainment before turning to songwriting. Eliza Berman, Time, 9 Dec. 2025 What’s more, around 20 per cent of the total working hours on the project were performed by over 70 trainees and apprentices. Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 9 Dec. 2025 Like in The Pitt, the exchange occurred before an entire room of nurses, trainees and even the patient and their family, all who were silent and caught off-guard. Emily Boss, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025 Kay entered a trainee program at Morgan Stanley—he’d chatted to his interviewer about Oxford and about soccer—and enjoyed the social life that meeting with clients offered. Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for trainee

Word History

First Known Use

1833, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of trainee was in 1833

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“Trainee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trainee. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.

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trainee

noun
train·​ee trā-ˈnē How to pronounce trainee (audio)
: a person who is being trained for a job

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