PRENTICE

apprentice, learner, prentice

(noun) works for an expert to learn a trade

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Prentice

An occupational surname.

Anagrams

• terpenic

Etymology

Noun

prentice (plural prentices)

(obsolete) An apprentice.

Verb

prentice (third-person singular simple present prentices, present participle prenticing, simple past and past participle prenticed)

(transitive, obsolete) To apprentice.

Synonyms

• (noun, verb): apprentice, 'prentice

Anagrams

• terpenic

Source: Wiktionary


Pren"tice, n. Etym: [Aphetic form of apprentice.]

Definition: An apprentice. [Obs. or Colloq.] Piers Plowman. "My accuser is my prentice." Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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