Definition of apprentice
- n. - One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to
serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to
learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him.
- n. - One not well versed in a subject; a tyro.
- n. - A barrister, considered a learner of law till of
sixteen years' standing, when he might be called to the rank of
serjeant.
- v. t. - To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for
the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.
- n. - One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to
serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to
learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him.
- n. - One not well versed in a subject; a tyro.
- n. - A barrister, considered a learner of law till of
sixteen years' standing, when he might be called to the rank of
serjeant.
- v. t. - To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for
the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.