Definition of apprentice Apprentice

/ʌpɹɛˈntʌs/ - [uprentus] - ap•pren•tice

We found 15 definitions of apprentice from 7 different sources.

What does apprentice mean?

Noun Plural: apprentices
apprentice - works for an expert to learn a trade
		learner, prentice
		tiro, tyro, beginner, novice, initiate someone new to a field or activity
Verb apprentices, apprenticing, apprenticed
apprentice - be or work as an apprentice; "She apprenticed with the great master"
		prepare, train to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery; "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech"

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apprentice (Noun)
A trainee, especially in a skilled trade.
apprentice (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.
apprentice (Noun)
One not well versed in a subject; a tyro or newbie.
apprentice (Verb)
To put under the care and supervision of a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.
apprentice (Verb)
To be an apprentice to.

apprentice (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.
apprentice (n.)
One not well versed in a subject; a tyro.
apprentice (n.)
A barrister, considered a learner of law till of sixteen years' standing, when he might be called to the rank of serjeant.
apprentice (v. t.)
To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.

apprentice
ap-prent′is, n. one bound to another to learn a trade or art: one learning the rudiments of anything, a novice.—v.t. to bind as an apprentice.—ns. Apprent′icehood (Shak.), apprenticeship; Apprent′iceship, the state of an apprentice: a term of practical training: specially, a period of seven years.—To serve apprenticeship, to undergo the training of an apprentice. [O. Fr. aprentis, aprendre, to learn—L. apprehendĕre. See Apprehend.]

apprentice
One who is covenanted to serve another on condition of being instructed in an art, and ships' apprentices are to the same effect. Boys under eighteen years of age bound to masters of merchant ships were exempted from impressment for three years from the date of their indentures; which documents were in duplicate, and exempt from stamp duty.

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apprentice, verb, present, 1st person singular of apprentice (infinitive).
apprentice, verb (infinitive).
apprentice, noun, singular of apprentices.