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apprentices

apprentices is the plural of apprentice.

apprentices is the third-person singular simple present indicative of apprentice.

Meaning of apprentice

Noun

apprentice (plural apprentices)

  1. A trainee, especially in a skilled trade.
    • To this end a well-equipped and keenly-run apprentice training school has been in operation at Eastleigh since 1958 and here apprentices are given a good grounding in a number of trades, followed by a thorough training in the trade to which they become allocated.1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 163
  2. (historical) One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a tradesperson, 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. (dated) One not well versed in a subject; a tyro or newbie.

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Phrases with apprentices

Questions about apprentices

What is apprentices the plural of?
Apprentices is the plural of apprentice.

Words near apprentices in the dictionary

  1. apprenticeage
  2. apprenticed
  3. apprenticehood
  4. apprenticehoods
  5. apprenticelike
  6. apprentices
  7. apprenticeship
  8. apprenticeships
  9. apprenticing
  10. apprentisage
  11. apprentise

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