The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
apprentice — I noun beginner, learner, novice, novitiate, probationer, worker II index amateur, assistant, coadjutant, disciple, employee, neophyte … Law dictionary
apprentice — ap‧pren‧tice [əˈprents] noun [countable] JOBS a young person being trained to do a skilled job, who has signed a contract agreeing to work a fixed number of years for the employer who is training them: • the announcement that the company plans… … Financial and business terms
apprentice — [ə pren′tis] n. [ME aprentis < OFr aprentiz < aprendre, learn < L apprehendere, APPREHEND] 1. 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,… … English World dictionary
Apprentice — Ap*pren tice, n. [OE. apprentice, prentice, OF. aprentis, nom. of aprentif, fr. apprendare to learn, L. apprendere, equiv. to apprehendere, to take hold of (by the mind), to comprehend. See {Apprehend}, {Prentice}.] 1. One who is bound by… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
apprentice — ► NOUN ▪ a person learning a skilled practical trade from an employer. ► VERB ▪ employ as an apprentice. DERIVATIVES apprenticeship noun. ORIGIN Old French aprentis, from Latin apprehendere apprehend … English terms dictionary
Apprentice — (engl. [spr. äpprentis], u. fr. [spr. prangtis], 1) ein Lehrling; daher Apprentissage (spr. Apprangtissasch), Lehrzeit; 2) (lat. Apprenticii ad legem), sich heranbildende Sachwalter durch einen sechsjährigen Aufenthalt auf Rechtsakademien (Inns… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Apprentice — (frz. –angtiß), Lehrling … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
apprentice — *novice, novitiate, probationer, postulant, neophyte Analogous words: beginner, starter (see corresponding verbs at BEGIN): tyro, *amateur Contrasted words: *expert, adept, wizard … New Dictionary of Synonyms
apprentice — [n] novice/learner of a trade amateur, beginner, flunky*, greenhorn*, heel*, neophyte, newcomer, new kid on block*, novitiate, probationer, pupil, rook*, rookie*, starter, student, tenderfoot*, tyro; concepts 348,423 Ant. mentor, teacher … New thesaurus
apprentice — I UK [əˈprentɪs] / US noun [countable] Word forms apprentice : singular apprentice plural apprentices someone who works for a particular person or company, usually for low pay, in order to learn the type of work that they do He became an… … English dictionary
