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apprentice

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
apprentice/əˈprentɪs/

▶noun a person learning a trade from a skilled employer. ▶verb employ as an apprentice.

– derivatives
apprenticeship noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. aprentis, from apprendre ‘learn’, from L. apprehendere (see apprehend).

'apprentice' also found in these Oxford entries:

bind - indenture - prentice

Forum discussions with the word(s) "apprentice" in the title:

protege/apprentice/junior classmate
Pupil (apprentice? learner? ...)
seaman apprentice
She is my apprentice.
the apprentice/student outdid the master

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