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
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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
It was clear to everyone that the smith’s prentice had done the right thing, a brave thing in fact.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
“Don’t go messing with it,” the smith’s prentice said.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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
Merilyn Prentice, 78, is another refugee from the state next door.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 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
In a message Saturday to Cambridge's community, Prentice said she hoped "this painful and difficult time can also be one of compassion".
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
“We are desperately saddened to hear this tragic news,” said Cambridge University Vice Chancellor Deborah Prentice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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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