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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Apprentice

/əp-rĕn'-təs/ · Ap·pren·tice · IPA /əˈpɹɛntɪs/
01 n. One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art…
  1. 1.
    One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a mechanic, 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.
  2. 2.
    One not well versed in a subject; a tyro.
  3. 3.
    A barrister, considered a learner of law till of sixteen years' standing, when he might be called to the rank of serjeant.(Old law) [Obs.]
02 v. t. To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.
imp. & p. p. Apprenticed; p. pr. & vb. n. Apprenticing
  1. 1.
    To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.