About The Word Apprentice
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Apprentice
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What's The Definition Of Apprentice?
[n] works for an expert to learn a trade
[v] be or work as an apprentice; "She apprenticed with the great master" Synonyms | Synonyms for Apprentice: learner | prentice Related Terms | Find terms related to Apprentice: abecedarian | alphabetarian | amateur | ancestors | apprenticed | architect | article | articled | articled clerk | artificer | artisan | artist | author | baby | begetter | beginner | bind | bind over | boot | bound over | break | break in | breed | bring up | builder | catechumen | colt | conceiver | condition | constructor | contract | craftsman | craftswoman | creator | cultivate | deb | debutant | designer | develop | deviser | discipline | discoverer | drill | effector | engenderer | engineer | entrant | executor | executrix | exercise | father | fetch up | fit | fledgling | form | foster | founder | freshman | generator | greenhorn | greeny | groom | grower | handicraftsman | housebreak | house-train | ignoramus | improve | inaugurator | indenture | indentured | inductee | industrialist | infant | initiate | initiator | instigator | institutor | introducer | inventor | journeyman | learner | lick into shape | maker | manufacturer | master | master carpenter | master craftsman | mechanic | mother | neophyte | nestling | new boy | newcomer | novice | novitiate | nurse | nurture | organizer | originator | past master | planner | postulant | practice | precursor | prentice | prepare | prime mover | probationer | probationist | producer | put in tune | put to school | raise | raiser | raw recruit | ready | realizer | rear | recruit | rehearse | rookie | send to school | shaper | sire | smith | starter | take in hand | technician | tenderfoot | train | trainee | tyro | wright See Also | beginner | initiate | novice | prepare | printer's devil | tiro | train | tyro Apprentice In Webster's Dictionary \Ap*pren"tice\, n. [OE. apprentice, prentice, OF.
aprentis, nom. of aprentif, fr. apprendare to learn, L.
apprendere, equiv. to apprehendere, to take hold of (by the
mind), to comprehend. See {Apprehend}, {Prentice}.]
1. One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to
serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time,
with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his
master is bound to instruct him.
2. One not well versed in a subject; a tyro.
3. (Old law) A barrister, considered a learner of law till of
sixteen years' standing, when he might be called to the
rank of serjeant. [Obs.] --Blackstone.
\Ap*pren"tice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Apprenticed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Apprenticing}.] To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business. |
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