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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)
6.
to bind to or place with an employer, master craftsman, or the like, for instruction in a trade.
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Apprenticeship
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verb (used without object)
7.
to serve as an apprentice: He apprenticed for 14 years under a master silversmith.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English ap(p)rentis < Anglo-French, Old French ap(p)rentiz < Vulgar Latin *apprenditīcius, equivalent to *apprendit(us) (for Latin apprehēnsus; see apprehensible) + Latin -īcius suffix forming adjectives from past participles, here nominalized
1300–50; Middle English ap(p)rentis < Anglo-French, Old French ap(p)rentiz < Vulgar Latin *apprenditīcius, equivalent to *apprendit(us) (for Latin apprehēnsus; see apprehensible) + Latin -īcius suffix forming adjectives from past participles, here nominalized
Related forms
ap·pren·tice·ship, noun
un·ap·pren·ticed, adjective
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Example Sentences
- No licensing or special skills or apprenticeship needed.
- Graduate school is on one level a professional apprenticeship.
- Focus on finishing both your course work and your preprofessional apprenticeship with as little hand-wringing as possible.
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