Sekirov Dictionary

apprentice

/əˈpɹɛntɪs/

noun 3
verb 2
forms 3

noun3

A trainee, especially in a skilled trade.
(historical) 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.
(old-fashioned) One not well versed in a subject; a tyro or newbie.

verb2

•
To put under the care and supervision of a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.
- His father had apprenticed him to a silk merchant.
- He was apprenticed to a local employer.
•
To be an apprentice to.
- Joe apprenticed three different photographers before setting up his own studio.

forms

apprenticed · apprenticing · apprentices

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