prentice†, journeyman; articled clerk; beginner, tyro, amateur, rank amateur; abecedarian, alphabetarian†; alumnus, eleve [Fr.]. recruit, raw recruit, novice, neophyte, inceptor†, catechumen, probationer; seminarian, chela, fellow-commoner; debutant. [apprentice medical doctors] intern; resident. schoolboy; fresh, freshman, frosh; junior soph†, junior; senior soph†, senior; sophister†, sophomore; questionist†. [college and university students] undergraduate; graduate student; law student; medical student; pre-med; post-doctoral student, post-doc; matriculated student; part-time student, night student, auditor. [group of learners] class, grade, seminar, form, remove; pupilage &c (learning) 539. disciple, follower, apostle, proselyte; fellow-student, condisciple†. [place of learning] school &c 542. V. learn; practise. Adj. in statu pupillari [Lat.], in leading strings. Phr. practise makes perfect.