Disciple

n.	1.	One who receives instruction from another; a scholar; a learner; especially, a follower who has learned to believe in the truth of the doctrine of his teacher; an adherent in doctrine; as, the disciples of Plato; the disciples of our Savior. The disciples the twelve selected companions of Jesus; - also called the apostles. Disciples of Christ See Christian, n., 3, and Campbellite.
v. t.	1.	To teach; to train. [imp. & p. p. Discipled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Discipling.] That better were in virtues discipled. - Spenser.
	2.	To punish; to discipline.
	3.	To make disciples of; to convert to doctrines or principles. Sending missionaries to disciple all nations. - E. D. Griffin.

Noun

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disciple - someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another Synonyms: adherent

Ambrose of Milan, Athanasius, Barnabas, Basil, Christian, Clement of Alexandria, Clement of Rome, Cyprian of Carthage, Cyril of Jerusalem, God-fearing man, Gregory of Nyssa, Hermas, Ignatius, Irenaeus, Jerome, John, John Chrysostom, Justin Martyr, Lactantius Firmianus, Luke, Mark, Origen, Papias, Paul, Peter, Polycarp, Tertullian, accepter, admirer, aficionado, ante-Nicene Fathers, apostle, appendage, apprentice, attendant, believer, buff, catechumen, cavaliere servente, churchgoer, churchite, churchman, cohort, communicant, convert, courtier, creature, daily communicant, dangler, dependent, devotee, devotionalist, dummy, enthusiast, evangelist, fan, fanatic, figurehead, flunky, following, gillie, good Christian, goon, hanger-on, henchman, homme de cour, jackal, lackey, man, minion, myrmidon, neophyte, parasite, partisan, pietist, proselyte, public, puppet, pursuer, pursuivant, receiver, religionist, saint, satellite, sectary, shadow, stooge, successor, sycophant, tagtail, tail, theist, thug, trainbearer, truster, ward heeler, zealot