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disciple

noun
/dɪˈsaɪ.pəl/

Etymology

From Middle English disciple, discipul, from Old English discipul (“disciple, scholar”), from Latin discipulus (“pupil, learner”). Later influenced or superseded in Middle English by Old French deciple.

  1. derived from discipulus
  2. inherited from discipul
  3. inherited from disciple

Definitions

  1. A person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others.

  2. An active follower or adherent of someone, or some philosophy etc.

    • And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.

  3. A wretched, miserable-looking man.

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. To convert (a person) into a disciple.

    2. To train, educate, teach.

      • fraile youth is oft to follie led, / Through false allurement of that pleasing baite, / That better were in vertues discipled […]

    3. Any of the followers of Jesus Christ.

    4. One of the twelve disciples of Jesus sent out as Apostles.

    5. Ellipsis of Disciple of Christ (“member of a particular religious group”).

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Derived

condisciple, disciplelike, discipless, discipler

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA