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apprentice

USuh-PREN-tis/əˈpɹɛntɪs/

Pluralapprentices

Verbapprentices, apprenticing, apprenticed

5 meanings of apprentice

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  1. 1
    traineenouncountable
    A person who is being trained for a job, especially one that needs special skills.

    The electrician brought an apprentice to help him with the wiring.

    The bakery hires two new apprentices every spring.

    Similartrainee, learner, novice

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  2. 2
    verbtransitive
    To place someone with a master who looks after them and teaches them the skills of a job or business.

    Her parents decided to apprentice her to a tailor in town.

    The city program apprentices young people to local builders for two years.

    Similarindenture, bind

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  3. 3
    train underverbtransitive
    To work under someone as a learner while they teach you their job.

    He wants to apprentice a master chef after he finishes school.

    She apprenticed a jeweler for two years and learned to make rings.

  4. 4
    bound learnernounhistoricalcountable
    In the past, someone tied by a contract to work for a master for a set time and learn their trade.

    The apprentice signed papers promising to work for the printer for seven years.

    The baker offered a reward for two apprentices who had run away before their time was up.

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Less common meaning

  1. 5
    beginnernoundatedcountable
    A person who is new to a subject and does not know much about it yet.

    At chess, he was only an apprentice next to his grandfather.

    She knew a lot about plants but was an apprentice when it came to computers.

    Similarnovice, beginner, newcomer, learner

    Oppositeexpert, veteran, master

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Origin

From Middle English, which took it from an Old French word. That word came from the Old French verb aprendre, which goes back to Latin apprehendō.