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Apprentice : adj : in training; "an apprentice carpenter" [syn: apprentice(a)]
(noun)
1: works for an expert to learn a trade [syn: learner, prentice]
(verb)
1: be or work as an apprentice; "She apprenticed with the great
master"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Apprentice : \Ap*pren"tice\, n. [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.]
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. (Old law) A barrister, considered a learner of law till of
sixteen years' standing, when he might be called to the
rank of serjeant. [Obs.] --Blackstone.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Apprentice : \Ap*pren"tice\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Apprenticed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Apprenticing.]
To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the
purpose of instruction in a trade or business.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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APPRENTICE, person, contracts. A person bound in due form of law to a
master, to learn from him his art, trade or business, and to serve him
during the time of his apprenticeship. (q.v.) 1 Bl. Com. 426; 2 Kent, Com.
211; 3 Rawle, Rep. 307; Chit. on Ap. 4 T. R. 735; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.
2. Formerly the name ofApprentice : en la ley was given indiscriminately
to all students of law. In the reign of Edward IV. they were sometimes
called apprentice ad barras. And in some of the ancient law writers, the
term apprentice and barrister are synonymous. 2 Inst. 214; Eunom. Dial, 2,
Sec. 53, p. 155.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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