prentice

[ pren-tis ]

/ ˈprɛn tɪs /

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noun, verb Informal.

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Origin of prentice

1250–1300; Middle English; aphetic form of apprentice

OTHER WORDS FROM prentice

un·der·pren·tice, noun

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Prentice

[ pren-tis ]

/ ˈprɛn tɪs /

noun

a male given name.

How to use prentice in a sentence

It was on the tip of the girls tongue to tell her mother of the visit of Mr. Prentices sister-in-law the evening before.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison
For even Mrs. Prentices kindness to them had not cleared away all the troubles for Jess Morse.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison
How shall prentices be bound to pray for him and the honour of the gentlemen shoemakers!
The Mermaid Series. Edited by H. Ellis. The best plays of the old dramatists. Thomas Dekker. Edited, with an introduction and notes by Ernest Rhys.|Thomas Dekker
Let your fellow-prentices want no cheer; let wine be plentiful as beer, and beer as water.
The Mermaid Series. Edited by H. Ellis. The best plays of the old dramatists. Thomas Dekker. Edited, with an introduction and notes by Ernest Rhys.|Thomas Dekker

Vanish, my tall shoemakers, my nimble brethren; look to my guests, the prentices.
The Mermaid Series. Edited by H. Ellis. The best plays of the old dramatists. Thomas Dekker. Edited, with an introduction and notes by Ernest Rhys.|Thomas Dekker

British Dictionary definitions for prentice

prentice

/ (ˈprɛntɪs) /

noun

an archaic word for apprentice

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Origin of prentice

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