All 3 Uses of
apprentice
in
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
- He had been an apprentice to my father, and had always borne a good character.†
Chpt 20 *
- 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!†
Chpt 38
- 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."†
Chpt 38
Definition:
person who learns a trade or skill through hands-on experience under a skilled worker; or (as a verb) performance of that kind of work