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probationer

[ proh-bey-shuh-ner ]

/ proʊˈbeɪ ʃə nər /

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noun

a person undergoing probation or trial.

Origin of probationer

First recorded in 1595–1605; probation + -er¹

OTHER WORDS FROM probationer

pro·ba·tion·er·ship, noun

Words nearby probationer

probate, probate court, probation, probation officer, probationary assistant, probationer, probative, probe, probe syringe, probenecid, probie

Example sentences from the Web for probationer

In practice, the judge often declines to do so; they send the probationer back to try again.

The Cost of Costly Punishment |Megan McArdle |September 20, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Is that the new criterion for acceptance of responsibility by a probationer?

Send Lindsay to Jail! |Rikki Klieman |October 20, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
He became a probationer for the Scottish ministry in 1661 just before episcopal government was re-established in Scotland.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 |Various
In progress of time, Abel Sampson, probationer of divinity, was admitted to the privileges of a preacher.

Guy Mannering, or The Astrologer, Complete, Illustrated |Sir Walter Scott

You are only a probationer with one year's leave from college, and, at most, an extension of another year possible.

The Preacher of Cedar Mountain |Ernest Thompson Seton
"Either a fool or very, very wise," replied the Probationer.

Love Stories |Mary Roberts Rinehart
He was a probationer, a novitiate; this was his second attendance.

The Goose Girl |Harold MacGrath

British Dictionary definitions for probationer

probationer

/ (prəˈbeɪʃənə) /

noun

a person on probation