- apprentice
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beginner, learner, novice, novitiate, probationer, worker
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amateur, assistant, coadjutant, disciple, employee, neophyte, novice, probationer (one being tested), protégé
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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a person bound under an apprenticeship, a special and ancient contract binding the apprentice to serve and learn and the master to instruct. The deed recording the contract is sometimes called an indenture.
Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001.
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A person who agrees to work for a specified time in order to learn a trade, craft, or profession in which the employer, traditionally called the master, assents to instruct him or her.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
- apprentice
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A person who agrees to work for a specified time in order to learn a trade, craft, or profession in which the employer, traditionally called the master, assents to instruct him or her.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
См. также в других словарях:
apprentice — ap‧pren‧tice [əˈprents] noun [countable] JOBS a young person being trained to do a skilled job, who has signed a contract agreeing to work a fixed number of years for the employer who is training them: • the announcement that the company plans… … Financial and business terms
apprentice — [ə pren′tis] n. [ME aprentis < OFr aprentiz < aprendre, learn < L apprehendere, APPREHEND] 1. a person under legal agreement to work a specified length of time for a master craftsman in a craft or trade in return for instruction and,… … English World dictionary
Apprentice — Ap*pren tice, n. [OE. apprentice, prentice, OF. aprentis, nom. of aprentif, fr. apprendare to learn, L. apprendere, equiv. to apprehendere, to take hold of (by the mind), to comprehend. See {Apprehend}, {Prentice}.] 1. One who is bound by… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
apprentice — ► NOUN ▪ a person learning a skilled practical trade from an employer. ► VERB ▪ employ as an apprentice. DERIVATIVES apprenticeship noun. ORIGIN Old French aprentis, from Latin apprehendere apprehend … English terms dictionary
Apprentice — Ap*pren tice, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Apprenticed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Apprenticing}.] To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Apprentice — (engl. [spr. äpprentis], u. fr. [spr. prangtis], 1) ein Lehrling; daher Apprentissage (spr. Apprangtissasch), Lehrzeit; 2) (lat. Apprenticii ad legem), sich heranbildende Sachwalter durch einen sechsjährigen Aufenthalt auf Rechtsakademien (Inns… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Apprentice — (frz. –angtiß), Lehrling … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
apprentice — *novice, novitiate, probationer, postulant, neophyte Analogous words: beginner, starter (see corresponding verbs at BEGIN): tyro, *amateur Contrasted words: *expert, adept, wizard … New Dictionary of Synonyms
apprentice — [n] novice/learner of a trade amateur, beginner, flunky*, greenhorn*, heel*, neophyte, newcomer, new kid on block*, novitiate, probationer, pupil, rook*, rookie*, starter, student, tenderfoot*, tyro; concepts 348,423 Ant. mentor, teacher … New thesaurus
apprentice — I UK [əˈprentɪs] / US noun [countable] Word forms apprentice : singular apprentice plural apprentices someone who works for a particular person or company, usually for low pay, in order to learn the type of work that they do He became an… … English dictionary
