[uh-pren-tis] 
noun, verb, -ticed, -tic⋅ing.| 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. |
| ap·pren·tice (ə-prěn'tĭs) n.
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. |