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apprentice

noun
/əˈpɹɛntɪs/

Etymology

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)).

  1. derived from apprehendō
  2. derived from apprendō
  3. derived from aprendre
  4. derived from aprentis
  5. inherited from apprentice

Definitions

  1. A trainee, especially in a skilled trade.

    • Scottish rail suppliers have told the Government that they can only reach their target of employing 500 apprentices if they are given a clear pipeline of work, rather than having to endure the current stop-go programme.

  2. One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a tradesperson, or other…

    One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a tradesperson, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him.

  3. One not well versed in a subject

    One not well versed in a subject; a tyro or newbie.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To put under the care and supervision of a master, for the purpose of instruction in a…

      To put under the care and supervision of a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.

      • His father had apprenticed him to a silk merchant.
      • He was apprenticed to a local employer.

    2. To be an apprentice to.

      • Joe apprenticed three different photographers before setting up his own studio.

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Derived

apprenticehood, apprenticelike, apprenticeship, seaman apprentice, sorcerer's apprentice

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at apprentice. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at apprentice. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at apprentice

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA