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
The smith’s prentice laid a sympathetic hand on Carter’s shoulder.
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
Cob peered closely at the newer, more attentive member of his small audience, the smith’s prentice.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Prosecutor Alex Prentice KC also told the hearing there were further witnesses who have died since the incident.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 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
“We are desperately saddened to hear this tragic news,” said Cambridge University Vice Chancellor Deborah Prentice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Cambridge University vice-chancellor Professor Deborah Prentice said: "We are desperately saddened to hear this tragic news".
From BBC ● 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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