different between abecedarian vs apprentice

English

Alternative forms

• abecedary

Etymology

From Late Latin abecedarius (from the first four letters of the Latin alphabet + -arius). Equivalent to abecedary +? -an. Compare abecedary.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /e?.bi?.si??d??.??.?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?e?.bi?si?d?.?i.?n/, /?e?.bi?si?dæ?.i.?n/

Noun

abecedarian (plural abecedarians)

1. Someone who is learning the alphabet. [Early 17^th century.]
2. An elementary student, a novice; one in the early steps of learning. [Early 17^th century.]
3. (archaic) Someone engaged in teaching the alphabet; an elementary teacher; one that teaches the methods and principles of learning. [Early 17^th century.]
4. (rhetoric) A work which uses words or lines in alphabetical order.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:beginner

Adjective

abecedarian (comparative more abecedarian, superlative most abecedarian)

1. (now rare) Pertaining to someone learning the alphabet or basic studies; elementary; rudimentary. [Mid 17^th century.]
2. Pertaining to the alphabet, or several alphabets. [Mid 17^th century.]
3. Arranged in an alphabetical manner. [Mid 17^th century.]
4. Relating to or resembling an abecedarius.

Derived terms

References

English

Alternative forms

• apprentise (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English apprentice, apprentesse, apprentyse, apprentis, from Old French aprentis, plural of aprentif, from Old French aprendre (verb), Late Latin apprend?, from Classical Latin apprehend?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p??nt?s/

Noun

apprentice (plural apprentices)

1. A trainee, especially in a skilled trade.
2. (historical) One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a tradesperson, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him.
3. (dated) One not well versed in a subject; a tyro or newbie.

Translations

See also

• journeyman
• masterman
• master
• trainee

Verb

apprentice (third-person singular simple present apprentices, present participle apprenticing, simple past and past participle apprenticed)

1. (transitive) To put under the care and supervision of a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.

   His father had apprenticed him to a silk merchant.

   He was apprenticed to a local employer.

2. (transitive) To be an apprentice to.

   Joe apprenticed three different photographers before setting up his own studio.

Translations

References

• apprentice in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “apprentice” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.