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disciple

dis·ciple

UK/dɪˈsaɪ.pəl/ US/dɪˈsaɪpʌl/ fairly common

noun

1.

someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another

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From Middle English disciple, discipul, from Old English discipul (“disciple, scholar”), from Latin discipulus (“pupil, learner”). Later influenced or superseded in Middle English by Old French deciple.

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