Noun: prentice pren-tis
Usage: archaic
Usage: archaic
- Someone who works for an expert in order to learn a trade
"As a prentice to the blacksmith, he learned the art of metalworking";
- apprentice, learner
Derived forms: prentices
Type of: beginner, initiate, novice, rookie [informal], tiro, tyro
Encyclopedia: Prentice, Keith