- past tense form of apprentice.
- past participle of apprentice.
apprenticed
Example Sentences
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Samuel Slater, born in 1768 into a farming family in Derbyshire, England, was apprenticed at age 14 to the owner of a cotton mill that was using the novel Arkwright water frame.
From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026
He studied at what is now known as the Institute of Culinary Education in New York, interned at Alps Salami in Queens and apprenticed with butchers in Tuscany.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
He apprenticed himself to the great artists, ancient and modern.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
She never learned to write, but she was apprenticed in 1815 as a “servant” for “housewifery” to William Reeves until she turned 18.
From Slate • Nov. 20, 2024
“It is Gebu’s will, not mine, that I am apprenticed there, Master. He took me from Rekh’s goldhouse, where I had been working.”
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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