prentice
noun
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
The smith’s prentice shifted his grip on the iron bar selfconsciously.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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
“Great Tehlu, just leave it alone,” the smith’s prentice begged.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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
The University of Cambridge vice-chancellor Prof Deborah Prentice led the tributes, saying the faculty was "desperately saddened" to learn of his death.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
"We are desperately saddened to hear this tragic news," Cambridge University's top administrator, Vice-Chancellor Deborah Prentice, said in a brief statement.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
“The winners are doing extremely well, and the losers — or the companies that have been kind of perceived to be disrupted by AI, for example — have done extraordinarily bad,” Prentice said.
From MarketWatch ● May 30, 2026
As the bus was about to pull out that afternoon, one of the seventh-grade boys, Billy Morris, yelled up to Mrs. Prentice that Janice Avery wasn’t on the bus yet.
From "Bridge to Terabithia" by Katherine Paterson
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