Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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.
- noun One who is learning a trade or occupation, especially as a member of a labor union.
- noun A beginner; a learner.
- transitive verb To place or take on as a beginner or learner.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bind to or put under the care of a master, for the purpose of instruction in some art, trade, or profession; indenture.
- noun One who is bound by indenture to serve some particular individual or company for a specified time, in order to learn some art, trade, profession, manufacture, etc., in which his master or masters become bound to instruct him.
- noun A learner in any department; one only slightly versed in a subject; a novice.
- noun In old English law, a barrister of less than sixteen years' standing. After this period he might be called to the rank of serjeant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.
- noun 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.
- noun One not well versed in a subject; a tyro.
- noun (Old law), obsolete A barrister, considered a learner of law till of sixteen years' standing, when he might be called to the rank of serjeant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
trainee , especially in askilled trade . - noun historical One who is bound by
indentures or bylegal agreement to serve atradesperson , or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, ortrade , in which his master is bound to instruct him. - noun dated One not well versed in a subject; a
tyro ornewbie . - verb transitive To put under the
care andsupervision of amaster , for the purpose ofinstruction in atrade orbusiness . - verb transitive To be an apprentice to.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun works for an expert to learn a trade
- verb be or work as an apprentice
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The term apprentice makes me think back to early art days when a "master" would have a whole school of apprentices behind him, often doing his work.
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In many of these stories, the apprentice is a sorcerer's apprentice.
Lance Mannion: 2008
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In many of these stories, the apprentice is a sorcerer's apprentice.
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That being said, there is a uptick in the amount of restaurants we plan to build, we'll require a lot of new leadership and as the number of restaurateurs increase and as some of our restaurateurs are becoming what we call apprentice team leaders which allows them to oversee a lot more restaurants, we feel better and better that the leadership will be such as to be ready and be able to run great restaurants when the economic situation changes and we're able to find even more real estate sites.
Chipotle Mexican Grill CEO Discusses Q3 2010 Results - Earnings Call Transcript -- Seeking Alpha 2010
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One of the greatest opportunities for the out-of-school unemployed youth and even many older unemployed workers, however, will always be found in apprentice programs.
Leo Hindery, Jr.: Out of School, Out of Work, Out of Luck: The Youth Jobs Crisis Jr. Leo Hindery 2010
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One of the greatest opportunities for the out-of-school unemployed youth and even many older unemployed workers, however, will always be found in apprentice programs.
Leo Hindery, Jr.: Out of School, Out of Work, Out of Luck: The Youth Jobs Crisis Jr. Leo Hindery 2010
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One of the greatest opportunities for the out-of-school unemployed youth and even many older unemployed workers, however, will always be found in apprentice programs.
Leo Hindery, Jr.: Out of School, Out of Work, Out of Luck: The Youth Jobs Crisis Jr. Leo Hindery 2010
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One of the greatest opportunities for the out-of-school unemployed youth and even many older unemployed workers, however, will always be found in apprentice programs.
Leo Hindery, Jr.: Out of School, Out of Work, Out of Luck: The Youth Jobs Crisis Jr. Leo Hindery 2010
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One of the greatest opportunities for the out-of-school unemployed youth and even many older unemployed workers, however, will always be found in apprentice programs.
Leo Hindery, Jr.: Out of School, Out of Work, Out of Luck: The Youth Jobs Crisis Jr. Leo Hindery 2010
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One of the greatest opportunities for the out-of-school unemployed youth and even many older unemployed workers, however, will always be found in apprentice programs.
Leo Hindery, Jr.: Out of School, Out of Work, Out of Luck: The Youth Jobs Crisis Jr. Leo Hindery 2010
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