apprentice
Plural: apprentices
Noun
- works for an expert to learn a trade
- A trainee, especially in a skilled trade.
- 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.
- One not well versed in a subject; a tyro or newbie.
Verb
- be or work as an apprentice
- "She apprenticed with the great master"
- To put under the care and supervision of a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.
- To be an apprentice to.
Examples
- He was apprenticed to a local employer.
- His father had apprenticed him to a silk merchant.
- Joe apprenticed three different photographers before setting up his own studio.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English apprentice, apprentesse, apprentyse, apprentis, from Old French aprentis, plural of aprentif, from Old French aprendre (verb), Late Latin apprendō, from Classical Latin apprehendō.
Compare typologically Latin discipulus (akin to capiō); Russian схва́тывать на лету́ (sxvátyvatʹ na letú), and for another aspect быть на подхва́те (bytʹ na podxváte) (both akin to хвата́ть (xvatátʹ).
Scrabble Score: 16
apprentice: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordapprentice: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
apprentice: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 20
apprentice: valid Words With Friends Word