prentice
An apprentice.
Noun
- 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.
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Verb
- To apprentice.