Meaning & use
apprentice
A person who learns a trade or skill by working under a qualified professional for a set period.
See it in a sentence
At sixteen, he became an apprentice to a local carpenter to learn woodworking.
The apprentice spent her first year mostly observing and assisting the master electrician.
A note on using this word
Apprentice traditionally refers to formal, often multi-year training in a skilled trade, unlike 'intern,' which usually involves shorter, less structured placements.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To place someone as an apprentice, or to work as one, under a skilled person.
His father apprenticed him to a blacksmith when he turned fourteen.
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