Apprentice

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  • noun. 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.
  • noun. One who is learning a trade or occupation, especially as a member of a labor union.
  • noun. A beginner; a learner.
  • transitive verb. To place or take on as a beginner or learner.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To bind to or put under the care of a master, for the purpose of instruction in some art, trade, or profession; indenture.
  • noun. One who is bound by indenture to serve some particular individual or company for a specified time, in order to learn some art, trade, profession, manufacture, etc., in which his master or masters become bound to instruct him.
  • noun. A learner in any department; one only slightly versed in a subject; a novice.
  • noun. In old English law, a barrister of less than sixteen years' standing. After this period he might be called to the rank of serjeant.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. One not well versed in a subject; a tyro.
  • noun. A barrister, considered a learner of law till of sixteen years' standing, when he might be called to the rank of serjeant.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A trainee, especially in a skilled trade.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. One not well versed in a subject; a tyro or newbie.
  • verb. To put under the care and supervision of a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.
  • verb. To be an apprentice to.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. works for an expert to learn a trade
  • verb. be or work as an apprentice
    • Word Usage
    "The term apprentice makes me think back to early art days when a "master" would have a whole school of apprentices behind him, often doing his work."
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    parish  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    prepare  train  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Prentice  momentous  portentous  prentice  
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    assistant  cadet  clerk  craftsman  daughter  
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    abecedarian  alphabetarian  amateur  ancestors  apprenticed  
    verb-form
    apprenticed  apprentices  apprenticing  
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