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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having a train.
  • Formed or made proficient by training; educated; instructed; exercised; practised: as, a trained eye or judgment; trained nurses.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Having undergone a course of training (sometimes in combination).
  • adjective Manipulated in shape or habit.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of train.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective shaped or conditioned or disciplined by training; often used as a combining form

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