1. One bound by legal agreement to work for another for a specific amount of time in return for instruction in a trade, art, or business. 2. One who is learning a trade or occupation, especially as a member of a labor union. 3. A beginner; a learner.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
Inflected forms: ap·pren·ticed, ap·pren·tic·ing, ap·pren·tic·es To place or take on as a beginner or learner.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English apprentis, from Old French aprentis, from Vulgar Latin *apprnditcius, from *apprnditus, alteration of Latin apprehnsus, past participle of apprehendere, to seize. See apprehend.
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