1. people who are learning a trade or skill by working with and being taught by skilled workers
Usage: plural of apprentice

1. places someone as an apprentice to learn a trade or skill
Usage: third person singular present

Examples

• The carpenter took on three new apprentices this year.
• Many apprentices work for several years before becoming skilled craftsmen.
• The company apprentices young people in electrical work.
• She apprentices students in the art of glassblowing.
• The apprentices learned by watching their master work.
• He apprentices his nephew to a local blacksmith.
• The guild has trained hundreds of apprentices over the decades.