apprenticed

ap·pren·tice

 (ə-prĕn′tĭs)

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.

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

v.intr.

To work as an apprentice: She apprenticed at the ceramics studio.

v.tr.

To engage as an apprentice: In colonial times many children were apprenticed to craftsmen.

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

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ap·pren′tice·ship′ n.

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

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

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