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Definition of Apprentice

1. Noun. Works for an expert to learn a trade.

2. Verb. Be or work as an apprentice. "She apprenticed with the great master"

Definition of Apprentice

1. n. 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. v. t. To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.

Definition of Apprentice

1. Noun. A trainee, especially in a skilled trade. ¹

2. Noun. (historical) One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a tradesperson, 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. ¹

3. Noun. (dated) One not well versed in a subject; a tyro or newbie. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To put under the care and supervision of a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To be an apprentice to. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Apprentice

1. [v -TICED, -TICING, -TICES]

Medical Definition of Apprentice

1. 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. A barrister, considered a learner of law till of sixteen years' standing, when he might be called to the rank of serjeant. Origin: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Apprentice

apprecihate apprehend apprehended apprehender apprehenders apprehending apprehends apprehensibility apprehensible apprehensibly

apprehension apprehensions apprehensive apprehensively apprehensiveness apprentice (current term) apprentice(a) apprenticeage apprenticed apprenticehood

apprenticehoods apprenticelike apprentices apprenticeship apprenticeships apprenticing apprentisage apprentise appress appressed

Literary usage of Apprentice

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Digest of the Laws of England by John Comyns, Anthony Hammond (1822)
"Provided, a merchant, mercer, draper, goldsmith, ironmonger, embroiderer, or clothier, in a city or corporation, shall not take an apprentice (unless his ..."

2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Labor, United States Office of Education (1908)
"Tlie term of apprenticeship must continue until the apprentice attains the age of 21 ... An apprentice must lie taught, in addition to his trade, reading, ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Richard Vaughan Barnewall, Cresswell Cresswell (1823)
"(V., covenanted to instruct the apprentice in his trade, and provide him with diet, &c. Breach, that the defendant did not, after making the indenture, ..."

4. A Treatise on the Right of Personal Liberty: And on the Writ of Habeas by Rollin Carlos Hurd, Frank Hunt Hurd (1876)
"The apprentice cannot be taken out of the state unless such removal is provided ... "The relation of master and apprentice was in its original spirit and ..."

5. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Any person of legal capacity can bind himself as an apprentice, provided he is over seven years of age, though, as he is by the common Uw exempt from all ..."

6. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper by Charles Viner (1791)
"Í O. - A gardener took an, apprentice, but having na werk for him made an ... Д. was bound apprentice to one D. who was en inhabitant and ..."

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