apprenticed

ap·pren·tice  (-prnts)

n.

1. One bound by legal agreement to work for another for a specific amount of time in return for instruction in a trade, art, or business.

2. One who is learning a trade or occupation, especially as a member of a labor union.

3. A beginner; a learner.

tr.v. ap·pren·ticed, ap·pren·tic·ing, ap·pren·tic·es

To place or take on as a beginner or learner.

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[Middle English apprentis, from Old French aprentis, from Vulgar Latin *apprnditcius, from *apprnditus, alteration of Latin apprehnsus, past participle of apprehendere, to seize; see apprehend.]

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ap·prentice·ship n.

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Adj.

1.

apprenticed - bound by contract articled, indentured, bound unfree - hampered and not free; not able to act at will