American Dictionary of the English Language

PROBA'TIONER, noun One who is on trial, or in a state to give proof of certain qualifications for a place or state.

While yet a young probationer

And candidate for heaven.

1. A novice.

2. In Scotland, a student in divinity, who, producing a certificate of a professor in an university of his good morals and qualifications, is admitted to several trials, and on acquitting himself well, is licensed to preach.