Noun

(s)

(obsolete) An apprentice.

* 1682 , John Lacy, Sir Hercules Buffoon, or The Poetical Squire , Act II, scene iv,

Faith, bind him prentice to a lord; by the same rule he'll be a lord when he's out of his time.

Noun

(en noun)

A person who learns from another, especially one who then teaches others.

An active follower or adherent of someone, or some philosophy etc.

* Holy Bible, Matthew 9:10 (King James Version)

And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples .

* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)

, chapter=4, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.}}

(Ireland) Miserable-looking creature of a man.