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ap·pren·tice 
[uh-pren-tis] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -ticed, -tic·ing.
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[uh-pren-tis] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -ticed, -tic·ing. –noun
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| 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. |
| 6. | to bind to or place with an employer, master craftsman, or the like, for instruction in a trade. |
| 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 apprehénsus; see apprehensible) + L -īcius suffix forming adjs. from ptps., here nominalized]
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ap·pren·tice·ship, noun
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| ap·pren·tice
(ə-prěn'tĭs) Pronunciation Key
n.
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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
apprentice
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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| apprentice | |
noun | |
| 1. | works for an expert to learn a trade |
verb | |
| 1. | be or work as an apprentice; "She apprenticed with the great master" |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Apprentice
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Apprentice
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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