orientee
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See also: orientée
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From orient (“to bring into alignment; to train”) + -ee (“forming passive agent nouns”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
orientee (plural orientees)
- (US, especially medicine) Synonym of trainee: a new employee undergoing a probation period of training and evaluation ("orientation").
Coordinate terms[edit]
- preceptor (supervisor)