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apprentice

[ uh-pren-tis ]

noun

  1. a person who works for another in order to learn a trade:

    an apprentice to a plumber.

  2. History/Historical. a person legally bound through indenture to a master craftsman in order to learn a trade.
  3. a learner; novice; tyro.
  4. U.S. Navy. an enlisted person receiving specialized training.
  5. a jockey with less than one year's experience who has won fewer than 40 races.


verb (used with object)

, ap·pren·ticed, ap·pren·tic·ing.
  1. to bind to or place with an employer, master craftsman, or the like, for instruction in a trade.

verb (used without object)

, ap·pren·ticed, ap·pren·tic·ing.
  1. to serve as an apprentice:

    He apprenticed for 14 years under a master silversmith.

apprentice

/ əˈprɛntɪs /

noun

  1. someone who works for a skilled or qualified person in order to learn a trade or profession, esp for a recognized period
  2. any beginner or novice
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to take, place, or bind as an apprentice
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • apˈprenticeˌship, noun
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Other Words From

  • ap·pren·tice·ship noun
  • un·ap·pren·ticed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of apprentice1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English ap(p)rentis, from Anglo-French, Old French ap(p)rentiz, from unattested Vulgar Latin apprenditīcius, equivalent to unattested apprendit(us) (for Latin apprehēnsus; apprehensible ) + Latin -īcius suffix forming adjectives from past participles, here nominalized
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Word History and Origins

Origin of apprentice1

C14: from Old French aprentis, from Old French aprendre to learn, from Latin apprehendere to apprehend
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Example Sentences

Whatever the excuse, in 2008 we were all subjected to Celebrity Apprentice.

Cocker, for his part, worked briefly as an apprentice gasfitter but decided to take the plunge into the world of commercial music.

The former apprentice engineer retained a lifelong interest in the way things worked.

Now, the onetime Lloyd Kaufman/Troma apprentice is the toast of Tinseltown.

At one point, the host of Celebrity Apprentice that Tea Partiers need to stop supporting doomed candidates.

The young apprentice was of middle height, very well built, amazingly active, and able to bear the utmost fatigue.

If she lasts a couple of hours, I shall be surprised, said the apothecarys apprentice, intent upon the toothpicks point.

He was an apprentice to a wig and curl maker, when Whitefield attracted his attention, and he became a methodist preacher.

Shortly after this the youngest apprentice went below, and found the ill-used lad standing on a locker, and gibbering fearfully.

An apprentice who is qualifying himself to operate an elevator is an employee within the Minnesota Act.

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