Associations to the word «Disciple»

Wiktionary

DISCIPLE, noun. A person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others.
DISCIPLE, noun. An active follower or adherent of someone, or some philosophy etc.
DISCIPLE, noun. (Ireland) Miserable-looking creature of a man.
DISCIPLE, verb. (obsolete) To train, educate, teach.
DISCIPLE, noun. Any of the followers of Jesus Christ.
DISCIPLE, noun. One of the twelve disciples of Jesus sent out as Apostles.

Dictionary definition

DISCIPLE, noun. Someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.