Definition of apprentice
1a : one bound by indenture (see 1indenture 1a(3)) to serve another for a prescribed period with a view to learning an art or tradeb : one who is learning by practical experience under skilled workers a trade, art, or calling a carpenter's apprentice
2 : an inexperienced person : novice an apprentice in cooking
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Examples of apprentice in a Sentence
decided to be an apprentice to an electrician after he graduated
aware that she's only an apprentice in the medical field, she readily defers to her more experienced colleagues
Recent Examples of apprentice from the Web
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Two teenagers, Citra and Rowan, are drafted as apprentices.
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Seeking the source of De Quincey’s lifelong fascination with the crimes, Ms. Wilson narrates in novelistic fashion the appalling slaughter of a linen draper, his wife and infant son, an apprentice and a female servant, among others.
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A welder apprentice works at the training center Butzweilerhof in Cologne, Germany, in June.
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Thanks to her poise and friendly good looks, Tess finds a job as an apprentice server at a restaurant that’s clearly modeled after Union Square Cafe, one of Manhattan’s best.
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The UFC is the largest and most dynamic promotion company in the still-emergent sport of mixed martial arts (MMA), and Conor McGregor, 27, a former plumber’s apprentice from Dublin, is its most resplendently entertaining—and bankable—character.
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And on that particular Sunday night in August, on amateur night, when three apprentice matadors were assigned two animals each, Madrid screamed first for the blood of a pure-white bull.
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But he's got to go out with an apprentice in place, and that means selecting the next guy.
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Donald Ross was an apprentice in William Forgan's club-making shop.
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Origin and Etymology of apprentice
Middle English aprentis, from Anglo-French apprentiz, from aprendre to learn, from Latin apprendere, apprehendere —see apprehend
First Known Use: 14th century
apprentice
Definition of apprentice
apprenticed
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transitive verb
: to set at work as an apprentice; especially : to bind to an apprenticeship by contract or indenture
intransitive verb
: to serve as an apprentice
Examples of apprentice in a Sentence
He apprenticed with a master carpenter for two years.
Recent Examples of apprentice from the Web
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Mr. Stern, who apprenticed in Europe and Israel, started baking in a South Miami garage in 2012 and sold his bread in farmers' markets.
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Hamama said that during summer vacation all teen-age male family members are apprenticed into some aspect of the business.
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Perhaps this was not surprising for someone who had been apprenticed at age 12 to his similarly headstrong older brother.
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After dropping out of school at 13 to help support his family, he was apprenticed to a clothes dyer, a precursor to the modern dry cleaner.
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Kate Reid, the founder of Melbourne’s Lune Croissanterie, studied aerospace engineering and spent several years working for a Formula One racing team before apprenticing at the famed Paris boulangerie Du Pain et des Idees.
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Of the first group of youth who went through the program in 2000, three of them who had apprenticed at various IT firms (including Kraus’s own son) are currently working for Apple, Microsoft, and Google.
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Origin and Etymology of apprentice
see 1apprentice
First Known Use: 1596
APPRENTICE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of apprentice for English Language Learners
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: a person who learns a job or skill by working for a fixed period of time for someone who is very good at that job or skill
apprentice
Definition of apprentice for English Language Learners
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: to make (someone) an apprentice
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: to work as an apprentice
APPRENTICE Defined for Kids
Definition of apprentice for Students
: a person who is learning a trade or art by experience under a skilled worker
Definition of apprentice for Students
apprenticed
;apprenticing
: to set at work as an apprentice He was apprenticed to a carpenter.
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