n. & v.
--n.
1. a person who is learning a trade by being employed in it for an agreed period at low wages.
2 a beginner; a novice.
--v.tr. (usu. foll. by to) engage or bind as an apprentice (was apprenticed to a builder).
Derivatives:
apprenticeship n.
Etymology: ME f. OF aprentis f. apprendre learn (as APPREHEND), after words in -tis, -tif, f. L -tivus: see -IVE