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adherent
A supporter or follower (of a person, cause, etc.)
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  1. A supporter or follower (of a person, cause, etc.)
  2. A supporter, as of a cause or individual:
pupil
The opening in the center of the iris through which light enters the eye.
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  1. The opening in the center of the iris through which light enters the eye.
  2. A person, esp. a young person, under the supervision of a teacher or tutor, as in school
  3. A student under the direct supervision of a teacher or professor.
believer
A person who believes; especially regarding religion.
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  1. A person who believes; especially regarding religion.
apostle
A person sent out on a special mission
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  1. A person sent out on a special mission
  2. One of the 12 members of the administrative council in the Mormon Church.
  3. Any of the early disciples of Christ who spread the gospel; specif., the twelve companions of Christ, originally, Andrew, Bartholomew, James (the younger, son of Alphaeus), James (the elder) and John (sons of Zebedee), Jude (or Lebbaeus or Thaddaeus), Judas Iscariot, Matthew (or Levi), Philip, Simon the Canaanite, Simon (called Peter), and Thomas (or Didymus): Paul, the “Apostle to the Gentiles,” was not among the original twelve; Judas was replaced by Matthias
witness
A person called upon to observe a transaction, signing, etc. in order to testify concerning it if it is later held in question
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  1. A person called upon to observe a transaction, signing, etc. in order to testify concerning it if it is later held in question
  2. Something that serves as evidence; a sign:
  3. Attestation to a fact, statement, or event; testimony:
revealer
A person or thing that reveals.
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  1. A person or thing that reveals.
revelator
A person who reveals, especially one who makes a divine revelation
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  1. A person who reveals, especially one who makes a divine revelation
adherent
A supporter or follower (of a person, cause, etc.)
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  1. A supporter or follower (of a person, cause, etc.)
  2. A supporter, as of a cause or individual:
cohort
A companion or associate.
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  1. A companion or associate.
  2. A subgroup sharing a common factor in a statistical survey, as age or income level
  3. An ancient Roman military unit of 300-600 men, constituting one tenth of a legion
follower
One who has a strong interest or pays close attention to something:
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  1. One who has a strong interest or pays close attention to something:
  2. One who accepts the guidance, command, or leadership of another:
  3. A person who follows another's beliefs or teachings; disciple
henchman
Any of the followers of a criminal gang leader
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  1. Any of the followers of a criminal gang leader
  2. A trusted helper or follower
  3. A loyal and trusted follower or subordinate.
minion
A subordinate official, deputy, or the like
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  1. A subordinate official, deputy, or the like
  2. A subordinate official, especially a servile one.
  3. (Obs.) A mistress or paramour
partisan
A person who takes the part of or strongly supports one side, party, or person; often, specif., an unreasoning, emotional adherent
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  1. A person who takes the part of or strongly supports one side, party, or person; often, specif., an unreasoning, emotional adherent
  2. A member of an organized body of fighters who attack or harass an enemy, especially within occupied territory; a guerrilla.
  3. Any of a group of guerrilla fighters; esp., a member of an organized civilian force fighting covertly to drive out occupying enemy troops
satellite
An object launched to orbit Earth or another celestial body. Satellites are used for research, communications, weather information, and navigation. The first artificial Earth satellite was Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet Union in October 1957; the first successful American satellite was launched in January 1958.
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  1. An object launched to orbit Earth or another celestial body. Satellites are used for research, communications, weather information, and navigation. The first artificial Earth satellite was Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet Union in October 1957; the first successful American satellite was launched in January 1958.
  2. A follower or attendant attached to a prince or other person of importance
  3. A subservient follower; a sycophant.
supporter
One that supports, as a structural member of a building.
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  1. One that supports, as a structural member of a building.
  2. A person who supports; advocate; adherent; partisan
  3. An athletic supporter.
Find another word for disciple. In this page you can discover 20 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for disciple, like: adherent, pupil, believer, apostle, witness, chosen witness, revealer, revelator, seer. See syn. study at follower.follower, follower and adherent.

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  • In the case of Lamennais the disciple outstripped the master.

  • His life was written by his disciple Elias, and also by John of Asia.

  • Grattan's political philosophy was allied to that of Edmund Burke; Tone was a disciple of Danton and Thomas Paine.

  • Pollio the Pharisee and Sameas his disciple were in special honour with him, Josephus says, when he re-entered Jerusalem and put to death the leaders of the faction of Antigonus.

  • They have been regarded as a fiction invented later by the enemies of Epicureanism, with the view of discrediting the most powerful work ever produced by any disciple of that sect.

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