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Webster 1913 Edition


Apprenticeship

Ap-pren′tice-ship

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Noun.
1.
The service or condition of an apprentice; the state in which a person is gaining instruction in a trade or art, under legal agreement.
2.
The time an apprentice is serving (sometimes seven years, as from the age of fourteen to twenty-one).

Webster 1828 Edition


Apprenticeship

APPREN'TICESHIP

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Noun.
1.
The term for which an apprentice is bound to serve his master. This term in England is by statute seven years. In Paris, the term is five years; after which, the person, before he is qualified to exercise the trade as a master, must serve five years as a journeyman; during which term, he is called the companion of his master, and the term is called his companionship.
2.
The service, state or condition of an apprentice; a state in which a person is gaining instruction under a master.

Definition 2024


apprenticeship

apprenticeship

English

Noun

apprenticeship (plural apprenticeships)

  1. the condition of, or the time served by, an apprentice
  2. the system by which a person learning a craft or trade is instructed by a master for a set time under set conditions

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