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prentice

prentice noun: an apprentice.

Noun

prentice (plural prentices)

  1. (obsolete) An apprentice.
    • Faith, bind him prentice to a lord; by the same rule he'll be a lord when he's out of his time.1682, John Lacy, Sir Hercules Buffoon, or The Poetical Squire, act II, scene iv

Verb

prentice (third-person singular simple present prentices, present participle prenticing, simple past and past participle prenticed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To apprentice.

Proper noun capitalized: Prentice

Prentice

  1. A surname originating as an occupation.
  2. A town and village therein, in Price County, Wisconsin, United States.

prentice meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

prentice in Hindi

प्रेंटिस, प्रेन्टिस

prentice in Tamil

புதுப்பயிற்சியாளர்

prentice in Marathi

प्रेंटिस, प्रेन्टिस, प्रेंटिसला

prentice in Bengali

প্রেন্টিস, প্রেণ্টিস, প্র্যান্টিস
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prentice in Telugu
ప్రెంటిస్
prentice in Malayalam
പ്രന്റിസ്, പ്രെൻ്റിസ്, പ്രണ്ടിസ്
prentice in Kannada
ಪ್ರೆಂಟಿಸ್
prentice in Punjabi
ਪ੍ਰੈਂਟਿਸ, ਪਿਰੰਟਿਸ
prentice in Gujarati
પ્રેન્ટિસ, પ્રેંટિસ
prentice in Odia
ପ୍ରେଣ୍ଟିସ୍, ପ୍ରେଂଟିସ୍, ପ୍ରାଣ୍ଟିସ୍
prentice in Nepali
प्रेन्टिस, प्रेंटिस, प्रेन्टिसलाई

Synonyms of prentice

Forms of prentice

Noun
pluralprentices
Verb
third-person singular presentprentices
present participleprenticing
past participleprenticed
pastprenticed

Origin of prentice

An old (Middle English) apheretic form of apprentice.

From prentice.

Words formed from prentice

Questions about prentice

What does prentice mean?
Prentice means an apprentice.
What is prentice in Hindi?
Prentice in Hindi is प्रेंटिस, प्रेन्टिस. See Prentice meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is prentice?
Prentice can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
What is the plural of prentice?
The plural of prentice is prentices.

Words near prentice in the dictionary

  1. prenoverine
  2. prenoxdiazine
  3. PRENs
  4. prensation
  5. prensations
  6. prentice
  7. prenticed
  8. prentices
  9. prenticeship
  10. prenticeships
  11. prenticing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prentice (page history and authors); Prentice (page history and authors); prentice (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); prentice (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); prentice (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); prentice (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); prentice (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); prentice (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); prentice (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); prentice (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); prentice (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); prentice (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); prentice (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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