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
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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
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
Eventually only the smith’s prentice remained, looking down into the cup in his hands.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
One thing I did know from hard experience: a master's promise to a prentice is likely to be redeemed only at the last Lammas, as they say—which is to say never.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
Vetch had been made sorcerer this fall and was a prentice no more, but that set no barrier between them.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Merilyn Prentice, 78, is another refugee from the state next door.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
Advocate depute, Alex Prentice KC, representing the prosecution, said discussions over the case had been going on "for a long time".
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
The study included 405 pregnant individuals receiving care at Prentice Women's Hospital in Chicago between 2020 and 2024.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 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
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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