apprentice

The definition of an apprentice is someone who provides help to a skilled worker in order to learn the trade himself.

(noun)

An example of an apprentice would be a person who works with an electrician to learn the skills necessary to become a skilled electrician.

See apprentice in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a person under legal agreement to work a specified length of time for a master craftsman in a craft or trade in return for instruction and, formerly, support
a person who is acquiring a trade, craft, or skill under specified conditions, usually as a member of a labor union
any learner or beginner; novice

Origin: ME aprentis < OFr aprentiz < aprendre, learn < L apprehendere, apprehend

to place or accept as an apprentice

intransitive verb

to work or train as an apprentice

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See apprentice in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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.
One who is learning a trade or occupation, especially as a member of a labor union.
A beginner; a learner.

transitive verb ap·pren·ticed, ap·pren·tic·ing, ap·pren·tic·es

To place or take on as a beginner or learner.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English apprentis

Origin: , from Old French aprentis

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *apprēnditīcius

Origin: , from *apprēnditus

Origin: , alteration of Latin apprehēnsus

Origin: , past participle of apprehendere, to seize; see apprehend

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