APPRENTICE, APPRENTICED, APPRENTICESHIP
ADJECTIVES
1800 — BOUND apprenticed, indentured; said of a boy or girl → Amer. dial.
1865 — FASTENED bound as an apprentice → Eng. dial.
1929 — BOUND OUT apprenticed; made the ward of someone → Amer. dial.
1931 — BOUNDEN OUT apprenticed; made the ward of someone → Amer. dial.
NOUNS
1600 — TIROCINY — TYROCINY apprenticeship, pupilage; first experience of or training in anything → obs.
1654 — TIROCINIUM — TYROCINIUM apprenticeship, pupilage; first experience of or training in anything
1900 — FASTENING the act of apprenticing → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS – PERSON
1608 — YOUNG MAN a male youth employed as an apprentice, assistant, messenger, etc. → arch.
1875 — CUB an apprentice or beginner; an apprentice pilot on a steamboat → orig. US
1876 — HALFMARROW a person who has not yet completed the term of his apprenticeship as a workman → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1923 — PUNK an amateur, an apprentice → US sl.
1927 — BRASS-BOUNDER an apprentice on board ships of English companies; so called from the brass on his uniform
1960 — HEELER an apprentice; a novice reporter → US newspaper office usage
1975 — HEEL an apprentice worker; often a student or a worker who does menial jobs → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1980 — APPY an apprentice → S. Afr. sl.
VERBS
1888 — IMPROVE to learn one’s trade as an apprentice → Eng. dial.