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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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
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
After much discussion, the sharers concluded that it was better to let a girl play the part than to assign it to a prentice who would have to read the lines from a side.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
Eventually only the smith’s prentice remained, looking down into the cup in his hands.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
In 1995, Keith starred in Next Of Kin as Maggie Prentice, a grandmother who made no secret of disliking her orphaned grandchildren when taking them in after the death of her estranged son.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
A strong momentum-driven trend doesn’t always end in a crash, Prentice said.
From MarketWatch ● May 30, 2026
“That’s been a little bit on hold now,” said Travis Prentice, chief investment officer of Informed Momentum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
After the verdict, prosecutor Alex Prentice KC said relatives of Kimberley had written emotional victim impact statements for judge Lady Drummond to consider.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 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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