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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PRENTICE

a colloquial contraction of apprentice, which see.

PRENTICESHIP

a contraction of apprenticeship, which see.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PRENTICE

Pren "tice, n. Etym: [Aphetic form of apprentice. ]

Defn: An apprentice. [Obs. or Colloq. ] Piers Plowman. "My accuser is my prentice. " Shak.

PRENTICEHOOD

PRENTICEHOOD Pren "tice *hood (, n.

Defn: Apprenticehood. [Obs. ] This jolly prentice with his master bode Till he was out nigh of his prenticehood. Chaucer.

PRENTICESHIP

PRENTICESHIP Pren "tice *ship, n.

Defn: Apprenticeship. [Obs. or Colloq. ] He served a prenticeship who sets up shop. Pope.

New American Oxford Dictionary

prentice

pren tice |ˈprentis ˈprɛntəs | ▶noun & verb archaic term for apprentice. DERIVATIVES pren tice ship |-ˌSHip |noun

Oxford Dictionary

prentice

pren |tice |ˈprɛntɪs | ▶noun & verb archaic term for apprentice. DERIVATIVES prenticeship noun