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ap⋅pren⋅tice

[uh-pren-tis] noun, verb, -ticed, -tic⋅ing.
–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.
–verb (used without object)
7. to serve as an apprentice: He apprenticed for 14 years under a master silversmith.

Origin:
1300–50; ME ap(p)rentis < AF, OF ap(p)rentiz < VL *apprenditīcius, equiv. to *apprendit(us) (for L apprehēnsus; see apprehensible ) + L -īcius suffix forming adjs. from ptps., here nominalized


ap⋅pren⋅tice⋅ship, noun
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ap·pren·tice   (ə-prěn'tĭs)   
n.  
  1. One bound by legal agreement to work for another for a specific amount of time in return for instruction in a trade, art, or business.

  2. One who is learning a trade or occupation, especially as a member of a labor union.

  3. A beginner; a learner.

tr.v.   ap·pren·ticed, ap·pren·tic·ing, ap·pren·tic·es
To place or take on as a beginner or learner.

[Middle English apprentis, from Old French aprentis, from Vulgar Latin *apprēnditīcius, from *apprēnditus, alteration of Latin apprehēnsus, past participle of apprehendere, to seize; see apprehend.]
ap·pren'tice·ship' n.
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Word Origin & History

apprentice 
1307, from O.Fr. aprentiz "someone learning," from aprendre (Mod.Fr. apprendre) "to learn, teach," contracted from L. apprehendere (see apprehend). Aphetic form prentice was long more usual in Eng. The verb is first attested 1631.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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