Helen Fenton

Apprentice: Definition and part of speech

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Apprentice

  1. n. A barrister, considered a learner of law till of sixteen years’ standing, when he might be called to the rank of serjeant.
  2. 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.
  3. n. One not well versed in a subject; a tyro.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Apprenticeship: Definition and part of speech

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Apprenticeship

  1. n. The time an apprentice is serving (sometimes seven years, as from the age of fourteen to twenty-one).
  2. n. The service or condition of an apprentice; the state in which a person is gaining instruction in a trade or art, under legal agreement.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Apprest: Definition and part of speech

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Apprest

  1. a. Pressed close to, or lying against, something for its whole length, as against a stem,

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.