apprentice
/əˈprɛntɪs/
noun
- A person who learns a trade or skill by working for a skilled employer for a fixed period of time, often for low pay.
- Many electricians begin their careers as apprentices.
- The young apprentice spent three years learning carpentry from a master builder.
- She started as an apprentice at the bakery and eventually became head baker.
verb
- To employ someone as a learner of a trade or skill, or to become such a learner.
- The company apprentices new workers for two years before they become full employees.
- She was apprenticed to a famous chef at the age of sixteen.
- The blacksmith apprenticed his son to a nearby metalworker.