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ap⋅pren⋅tice

  [uh-pren-tis] noun, verb, -ticed, -tic⋅ing.
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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.
–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

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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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Apprenticeship

Ap*pren"tice*ship\, n. 1. The service or condition of an apprentice; the state in which a person is gaining instruction in a trade or art, under legal agreement.

2. The time an apprentice is serving (sometimes seven years, as from the age of fourteen to twenty-one).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : apprenticeship
Spanish: aprendizaje,
German: die Lehre,
Japanese: 見習期間
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