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Definition of Prentice
1. Noun. Works for an expert to learn a trade.
Generic synonyms: Beginner, Initiate, Novice, Tiro, Tyro
Specialized synonyms: Printer's Devil
Derivative terms: Apprentice, Apprenticeship, Learn
Definition of Prentice
1. n. An apprentice.
Definition of Prentice
1. Proper noun. (surname from=Middle English) ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) An apprentice. ¹
3. Verb. (obsolete) To apprentice. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prentice
1. to place with an employer for instruction in a trade [v -TICED, -TICING, -TICES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prentice
Literary usage of Prentice
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Representative American Plays by Arthur Hobson Quinn (1917)
"Prentice. I should n't have attempted so late a call but that a friend pointed you
... Prentice. Pretty idea I read recently in an essay of Dr. van Dyke's. ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1896)
"In the indictment Prentice was styled a ' labourer,' and in his defence, which
he conducted himself, he said that he gloried in being ..."
3. A Collection of Old Ballads. Corrected from the Best and Most Ancient Copies by Ambrose Philips (1723)
"The Honour of a London 'Prentice. ... OF a worthy London 'Prentice My ... A Man
in Valour to exceed A 'Prentice gallant Mind. ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"The examiners in the Patent Office and the commissioner of patents awarded priority
of invention to Hill & Prentice. The circuit court decided in this suit ..."
5. The Lower Canada Jurist: Collection de Décisions Du Bas Canada by Strachan Bethune, John Sprott Archibald, William Hey, John Stuart Buchan (1884)
"When it became necessary to pay up the balance of the first instalment ($48000)
under the bond on the 1st of September, 1870, Prentice & Macdougall were ..."
6. Chief Contemporary Dramatists: Twenty Plays from the Recent Drama of England by Thomas Herbert Dickinson (1915)
"Prentice. Nothing. I '11 return to the hotel — first asking you again to excuse
my untimely call. ... Prentice. But I did n't know until I 'd missed it from ..."
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