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apprentice

[ uh-pren-tis ]

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)

apprenticed, apprenticing.
  1. to bind to or place with an employer, master craftsman, or the like, for instruction in a trade.

verb (used without object)

apprenticed, apprenticing.
  1. to serve as an apprentice:

    He apprenticed for 14 years under a master silversmith.

apprentice

/ əˈ±è°ùÉ›²Ô³Ùɪ²õ /

noun

  1. someone who works for a skilled or qualified person in order to learn a trade or profession, esp for a recognized period
  2. any beginner or novice
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to take, place, or bind as an apprentice
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ²¹±èˈ±è°ù±ð²Ô³Ù¾±³¦±ðËŒ²õ³ó¾±±è, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²¹±è·±è°ù±ð²Ô·³Ù¾±³¦±ð·²õ³ó¾±±è noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·²¹±è·±è°ù±ð²Ô·³Ù¾±³¦±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of apprentice1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English ap(p)rentis, from Anglo-French, Old French ap(p)rentiz, from unattested Vulgar Latin ²¹±è±è°ù±ð²Ô»å¾±³ÙÄ«³¦¾±³Ü²õ, equivalent to unattested apprendit(us) (for Latin ²¹±è±è°ù±ð³óŧ²Ô²õ³Ü²õ; apprehensible ) + Latin -Ä«³¦¾±³Ü²õ suffix forming adjectives from past participles, here nominalized
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of apprentice1

C14: from Old French aprentis, from Old French aprendre to learn, from Latin apprehendere to apprehend
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There is an increase in the minimum wage - up to £12.21 an hour for over 21s - and there are increases too for younger workers and apprentices.

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The separate apprentice rate,, external which applies to eligible people under 19 - or those over 19 in the first year of an apprenticeship increased by the same amount.

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It has been more than four years since an explosion at a water treatment plant killed four workers, including a 16-year-old apprentice.

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The company is not taking on apprentices this year, and has even got rid of the office cleaner.

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The work was highly classified, and even apprentices sent to assist Mr Prewer and his colleagues were kept in the dark about what they were doing there.

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