'prentice
See also: prentice and Prentice
English
Etymology
From prentice, an old (Middle English) aphetic form of apprentice, with the apostrophe added to indicate the lost letters.
Noun
'prentice (plural 'prentices)
- (obsolete) Abbreviation of apprentice.
- 1838, Charles Dickens, chapter III, in 'Oliver Twist:
- "You're going to be made a 'prentice of, Oliver."
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Verb
'prentice (third-person singular simple present 'prentices, present participle 'prenticing, simple past and past participle 'prenticed)
- (obsolete) Abbreviation of apprentice.
Synonyms
- (noun, verb): apprentice, prentice
Anagrams
- terpenic