An ardent early supporter of a cause or reform.

Roget 540: teacher, trainer, instructor, institutor, master, tutor, director, Corypheus, dry nurse, coach, grinder, crammer, don; governor, bear leader; governess, duenna [Sp.]; disciplinarian.    professor, lecturer, reader, prelector^†, prolocutor, preacher; chalk talker, khoja^†; pastor etc. (clergy) 996; schoolmaster, dominie [Fr.], usher, pedagogue, abecedarian; schoolmistress, dame, monitor, pupil teacher.    expositor etc. 524; preceptor, guide; guru; mentor etc. (adviser) 695; pioneer, apostle, missionary, propagandist, munshi^†, example etc. (model for imitation) 22.    professorship etc. (school) 542.    tutelage etc. (teaching) 537.    ... show more

Roget 541: learner, scholar, student, pupil; apprentice, 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 etc. (learning) 539.    disciple, follower, apostle, proselyte; fellow-student, condisciple^†.    [place of learning] school etc. 542.    ... show more

Roget 985: revelation, inspiration, afflatus; theophany^†, theopneusty^†.    Word, Word of God; Scripture; the Scriptures, the Bible; Holy Writ, Holy Scriptures; inspired writings, Gospel.    Old Testament, Septuagint, Vulgate, Pentateuch; Octateuch; the Law, the Jewish Law, the Prophets; major Prophets, minor Prophets; Hagiographa, Hagiology; Hierographa^†; Apocrypha.    New Testament; Gospels, Evangelists, Acts, Epistles, Apocalypse, Revelations.    Talmud; Mishna, Masorah.    prophet etc. (seer) 513; evangelist, apostle, disciple, saint; the Fathers, the Apostolical Fathers^†; Holy Men of old, inspired penmen.    ... show more

Polish: ambasador, apologeta, apologetyk, apostoł, głosiciel, herold, kapłan, krzewiciel, misjonarz, orędownik, siewca, szczepiciel, trybun ... show more

Any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people.

synonym: Apostelic Father.

Polish: apostoł

New Testament One of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel.

Dutch: discipel, apostel
Polish: apostoł