Definition of apprenticeship
1
:a position as an apprentice :an arrangement in which someone learns an art, trade, or job under another
- He obtained an apprenticeship with a carpenter.
- Later that year, he decided to become a barrister—a career that requires acceptance into an apprenticeship …
- —Sidney Blumenthal
2
:the period of time when a person is an apprentice
- During most of his apprenticeship he lived in Paris …
- —Robert Penn Warren
- a two-year apprenticeship
