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Definition
one who works for an expert to learn a trade; or (as a verb) performance of that kind of work
- He had been an apprentice to my father, and had always borne a good character.20 — New Perils (53% in)
- He was liked by the master, and was a favorite with his fellow-apprentices; but one day they accidentally discovered a fact they had never before suspected—that he was colored!38 — Renewed Invitations To Go South (13% in)
- Some of the apprentices were Americans, others American-born Irish; and it was offensive to their dignity to have a "nigger" among them, after they had been told that he was a "nigger."38 — Renewed Invitations To Go South (17% in)
There are no more uses of "apprentice" in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.
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