prentice

See also: Prentice and 'prentice

English

Etymology

An old (Middle English) apheretic form of apprentice.

Noun

prentice (plural prentices)

1. (obsolete) An apprentice.
   • 1682, John Lacy, Sir Hercules Buffoon, or The Poetical Squire, act II, scene iv:

     Faith, bind him prentice to a lord; by the same rule he'll be a lord when he's out of his time.

Synonyms

• apprentice, 'prentice

Derived terms

• prenticeship

Verb

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

1. (transitive, obsolete) To apprentice.

Synonyms

• apprentice, 'prentice

Derived terms

• unprenticed

Anagrams

• terpenic