Noun: apprentice u'pren-tis
- Someone who works for an expert in order to learn a trade
"As an apprentice to the blacksmith, he learned the art of metalworking";
- learner, prentice [archaic]
- Be or work as an apprentice
"She apprenticed with the great master"
Derived forms: apprenticed, apprentices, apprenticing
Type of: beginner, initiate, novice, prepare, rookie [informal], tiro, train, tyro
Encyclopedia: Apprentice, The