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   Ap·pren·tice

   /əˈpren(t)əs/

   

   noun

   • 1. a person who is learning a trade from a skilled employer, having agreed to work for a fixed period at low wages: "he began his training as an apprentice to a decorative painter"
   • ▪ a beginner at something: "an apprentice confidence trickster"

   verb

   • 1. employ (someone) as an apprentice: "Edward was apprenticed to a printer"
   • ▪ serve as an apprentice: "she apprenticed with midwives in San Francisco"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French aprentis (from apprendre ‘learn’, from Latin apprehendere ‘apprehend’), on the pattern of words ending in -tis, -tif, from Latin -tivus (see -ive).

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