Apprenticeship
Pronunciation : Ap*pren"tice*ship
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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).
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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