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• apprentice — I noun beginner, learner, novice, novitiate, probationer, worker II index amateur, assistant, coadjutant, disciple, employee, neophyte …   Law 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 — [ə pren′tis] n. [ME aprentis < OFr aprentiz < aprendre, learn < L apprehendere, APPREHEND] 1. a person under legal agreement to work a specified length of time for a master craftsman in a craft or trade in return for instruction and,… …   English World dictionary

• 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• 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, 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Apprentice — (engl. [spr. äpprentis], u. fr. [spr. prangtis], 1) ein Lehrling; daher Apprentissage (spr. Apprangtissasch), Lehrzeit; 2) (lat. Apprenticii ad legem), sich heranbildende Sachwalter durch einen sechsjährigen Aufenthalt auf Rechtsakademien (Inns… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

• Apprentice — (frz. –angtiß), Lehrling …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

• apprentice — *novice, novitiate, probationer, postulant, neophyte Analogous words: beginner, starter (see corresponding verbs at BEGIN): tyro, *amateur Contrasted words: *expert, adept, wizard …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• apprentice — [n] novice/learner of a trade amateur, beginner, flunky*, greenhorn*, heel*, neophyte, newcomer, new kid on block*, novitiate, probationer, pupil, rook*, rookie*, starter, student, tenderfoot*, tyro; concepts 348,423 Ant. mentor, teacher …   New thesaurus

• 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