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

synonym: adherent.

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

Dutch: aanhanger, acoliet, adept, apostel, discipel, volgeling, volger
Polish: reprezentant