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Definition of disciple : 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.
2. To make disciples of; to convert to doctrines or principles.
3. To punish; to discipline.
4. To teach; to train.

Synonyms:

partisan, ally, witness, apostle, backer, aider, henchman, believer, minion, over, precede, satellite, follower, adherent, supporter, aid, cohort

scholar, neophyte, student, trainee, learner, pupil, freshman, apprentice

Usage examples:

• It might have been an hour later, or it might have been in ten minutes, that the thought occurred to him- if his dearest disciple felt thus, what must the enemy feel? - "Peccavi", E. W. Hornung.
• Colville had been the unquestioned leader, Barebone the ready disciple. - "The Last Hope", Henry Seton Merriman.
• In spite of beginning late to exercise my judicial faculty, I never found that it had lost its vigour, and when I came to publish my own ideas, I was hardly accused of being a servile disciple. - "Rousseau Volumes I. and II.", John Morley.