Apprentice

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun One not well versed in a subject; a tyro.

II. Apprentice ·vt To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.

III. Apprentice ·noun A barrister, considered a learner of law till of sixteen years' standing, when he might be called to the rank of serjeant.

IV. Apprentice ·noun 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.

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