Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties Division (II) Communication of Ideas Section II. Modes of Communication 541. Learner.
NOUN: LEARNER, scholar, student, alumnus (fem. alumna, pl. alumni), élève [F. ], pupil, schoolboy, schoolgirl; questionist, questioner, inquirer; monitor, prefect; beginner, tyro, abecedarian, alphabetarian.UNDERGRADUATE, undergrad. [colloq. ], freshman, fresh or freshie [slang ], plebe [West Point cant ], sophomore, soph [colloq. ], junior, senior; commoner; pensioner, sizar [both Cambridge Univ., Eng. ]; exhibitioner, scholar [winner of a scholarship ], fellow commoner [Eng. Univ. ], demy [Magdalene Coll., Oxford ]; junior, sophister or soph, senior sophister or soph, sophister, questionist [all Eng. Univ. ].CLASS, form, grade, room; promotion, graduation, remove; pupilage (learning ) [See Learning ].DISCIPLE, chela [India ], follower, apostle, proselyte.condiscipulus [L. ], condisciple, classmate, schoolmate, schoolfellow, fellow pupil.NOVICE, recruit, tenderfoot [slang or colloq. ], neophyte, inceptor, débutant [F. ], catechumen, probationer; apprentice, prentice [obs. or colloq. ], articled clerk. ADJECTIVE: in statu pupillari [L. ], in leading strings, pupillary, monitorial; abecedarian, rudimentary; probationary, probatory, probational; sophomoric or sophomoral [U. S. ]. QUOTATION: As You Like It
