prentice
noun
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prentice
1 American
[pren-tis]
/ ˈprɛn tɪs /
noun
Informal.
Prentice
2
American
[pren-tis]
/ ˈprɛn tɪs /
noun
prentice
British
/ ˈprɛntɪs /
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of prentice
1250–1300; Middle English; aphetic form of apprentice
Vocabulary lists containing prentice
Example Sentences
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However, I'm clined to think such words as fulgent, prentice, jangled and pression are Bare Roots rather than Lost Positives.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cloistered in his Harvard office, he was busy turning out more Lost Positives: licit, iterate, fulgent, prentice, placable, delible, souciant, effable, vertently, fangled, sponsible, pression, fatigable.
From Time Magazine Archive
Still clinging to the mercenary, Bast’s eyes grew wide with sudden panic as he saw the smith’s prentice approaching.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
But in the past weeks, I had learned something of what it meant to have friends, and to be a real prentice, not a mere slave.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
I busied myself cleaning up the broken beaker, content for once to be a lowly prentice with no hand in this business.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
Last week, prior to the announcement of Arday's death, Cambridge's vice-chancellor Deborah Prentice announced an investigation into the circumstances of his appointment and his time working at the university.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
On Wednesday, Prentice had called his alleged wrongdoing "an aberration" and vowed a thorough and transparent investigation, while insisting it should not be used "to cast aspersions" on other academics from ethnic minority backgrounds.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Prentice said the case "should not be used to cast aspersions on their work or the legitimacy of their roles at Cambridge".
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
A strong momentum-driven trend doesn’t always end in a crash, Prentice said.
From MarketWatch ● May 30, 2026
She made such a fuss that Mrs. Prentice, the driver, ordered Jesse off the bus, and he had to walk the three miles home.
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
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