(~s, apprenticing, ~d)
1.
An ~ is a young person who works for someone in order to learn their skill.
He left school at 15 and trained as an ~ carpenter.
N-COUNT: oft N n
2.
If a young person is ~d to someone, they go to work for them in order to learn their skill.
I was ~d to a builder when I was fourteen.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed to n