noun

apprentice

uh-PREHN-tihs

noun

Someone learning a skilled trade by working under an experienced person.

"She started as a plumber's apprentice at sixteen."

"The apprentice spent the first year just watching and taking notes."

verb

To place someone with a skilled worker to learn a trade.

"His parents apprenticed him to a local carpenter."

How to Use Apprentice

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA beginner learning a trade on the job, usually under a more experienced worker.

Common pairings

apprentice electrician serve an apprenticeship take on an apprentice

apprenticed past tense, apprentices plural, apprentices singular

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She started as a plumber's _____ at sixteen.

From Old French aprentis, related to apprendre, "to learn" — from the same root as apprehend.

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