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apprentice

app·ren·tice

UK/əˈpɹɛntɪs/ US/ʌˈprɛntɪs/ fairly common
noun (1) verb (1) adjective (1)

noun

1.

works for an expert to learn a trade

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verb

1.

be or work as an apprentice

  • “She apprenticed with the great master”

adjective

1.

in training

  • “an apprentice carpenter”
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Origin

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 ухвати́ть (uxvatítʹ), нахвата́ться (naxvatátʹsja), схва́тывать на лету́ (sxvátyvatʹ na letú), and, for another aspect, быть на подхва́те (bytʹ na podxváte) (both akin to хвата́ть (xvatátʹ)).

Phrases

  • seaman apprentice
  • sorcerer's apprentice

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