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prentice

1

[ pren-tis ]

noun

Informal.


Prentice

2

[ pren-tis ]

noun

  1. a male given name.

prentice

/ ˈɛԳɪ /

noun

  1. an archaic word for apprentice
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܲd·t noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of prentice1

1250–1300; Middle English; aphetic form of apprentice
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“Is this young gentleman one of the ’prentices or articled ones of your office?” asked the turnkey, with a grin at Mr. Wemmick’s humour.

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Vetch had been made sorcerer this fall and was a prentice no more, but that set no barrier between them.

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So I sat about the courtyard and the stable, and like a good prentice, I waited.

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Cob peered closely at the newer, more attentive member of his small audience, the smith’s prentice.

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With enough coin, we could buy ’prentice glassblowers and glaziers in Myr, bring them north, offer them their freedom for teaching their art to some of our recruits.

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