noun / verb
apprentice
uh-PREN-tiss/əˈprentɪs/
A person learning a trade under a skilled worker, or training someone this way.
The apprentice practices planing beside the experienced carpenter.
Etymology
The word for “someone learning” became a term for a person bound to an employer to learn a craft. That practical training relationship is central to the modern meaning.
In context
you can get a job as an apprentice to learn the trade Hands-On consider an associate's degree in carpentry
More examples
- She was apprenticed to a jeweler.
- Several apprentices joined the workshop.
- They are apprenticing young workers.
Forms
apprentice · apprentices · apprenticed · apprenticing
apprenticeship noun — a period of supervised trade training
Similar words
- trainee
- Anyone learning a job, without necessarily a formal trade arrangement.
- intern
- Usually a temporary learner in a professional setting.