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Apprentice
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. 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.
2. One not well versed in a subject; a tyro.
3. A barrister, considered a learner of law till of sixteen years' standing, when he might be called to the rank of serjeant. [Obs.] Blackstone.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.