apprentice (noun)

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• apprentice — ► NOUN ▪ a person learning a skilled practical trade from an employer. ► VERB ▪ employ as an apprentice. DERIVATIVES apprenticeship noun. ORIGIN Old French aprentis, from Latin apprehendere apprehend …   English terms dictionary

• apprentice — ap‧pren‧tice [əˈprents] noun [countable] JOBS a young person being trained to do a skilled job, who has signed a contract agreeing to work a fixed number of years for the employer who is training them: • the announcement that the company plans… …   Financial and business terms

• apprentice — I noun beginner, learner, novice, novitiate, probationer, worker II index amateur, assistant, coadjutant, disciple, employee, neophyte …   Law dictionary

• apprentice — noun a person learning a trade from a skilled employer. verb employ as an apprentice. Derivatives apprenticeship noun Origin ME: from OFr. aprentis, from apprendre learn , from L. apprehendere (see apprehend) …   English new terms dictionary

• apprentice — noun Apprentice is used before these nouns: ↑chef, ↑electrician, ↑jockey …   Collocations dictionary

• apprentice — noun she worked with the great violin maker as his apprentice Syn: trainee, learner, probationer, novice, beginner, starter, cadet, tenderfoot; pupil, student; informal rookie, newbie, greenhorn See note at novice Ant …   Thesaurus of popular words

• apprentice — noun Syn: trainee, learner, probationer, novice, beginner, starter, pupil, student; N.Amer. tenderfoot; informal rookie; N.Amer.; informal greenhorn Ant: veteran, master, expert …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• apprentice — I UK [əˈprentɪs] / US noun [countable] Word forms apprentice : singular apprentice plural apprentices someone who works for a particular person or company, usually for low pay, in order to learn the type of work that they do He became an… …   English dictionary

• apprentice — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English aprentis, from Anglo French apprentiz, from aprendre to learn, from Latin apprendere, apprehendere Date: 14th century 1. a. one bound by indenture to serve another for a prescribed period …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• apprentice — 1 noun (C) someone who agrees to work for an employer for a fixed period of time in order to learn a particular skill or job: She works in the hairdresser s as an apprentice. | an apprentice electrician 2 verb (transitive usually passive) to make …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• apprentice — ap|pren|tice1 [ ə prentıs ] noun count someone who works for a particular person or company, usually for low pay, in order to learn the type of work they do: He became an engineering apprentice with a local firm. an apprentice carpenter… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English