prentice

An apprentice.

Noun

  1. An apprentice.
    • Faith, bind him prentice to a lord; by the same rule he'll be a lord when he's out of his time. - 1682, John Lacy, Sir Hercules Buffoon, or The Poetical Squire, act II, scene iv:

Origin

An old (Middle English) apheretic form of apprentice.

Forms

prentices

Synonyms

apprentice 'prentice

Derived

prenticeship

Verb

  1. To apprentice.

Forms

prentices prenticing prenticed

Synonyms

apprentice 'prentice

Derived

unprenticed