prentice
1 Americannoun
noun
noun
Other Word Forms
- underprentice noun
Etymology
Origin of prentice
1250–1300; Middle English; aphetic form of apprentice
Vocabulary lists containing prentice
Example Sentences
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Cloistered in his Harvard office, he was busy turning out more Lost Positives: licit, iterate, fulgent, prentice, placable, delible, souciant, effable, vertently, fangled, sponsible, pression, fatigable.
From Time Magazine Archive
However, I'm clined to think such words as fulgent, prentice, jangled and pression are Bare Roots rather than Lost Positives.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ged had thought that as the prentice of a great mage he would enter at once into the mystery and mastery of power.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
After much discussion, the sharers concluded that it was better to let a girl play the part than to assign it to a prentice who would have to read the lines from a side.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
The smith’s prentice laid a sympathetic hand on Carter’s shoulder.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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