"Disciple" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Disciples [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Disciple (plural Disciples)
  1. Any of the followers of Jesus Christ.
    Sense id: en-Disciple-en-noun-CiE~pPFn
  2. One of the twelve disciples of Jesus sent out as Apostles. Translations (one of the twelve disciples of Jesus): حَوَارِيّ (ḥawāriyy) (note: used by Muslims) [masculine] (Arabic), تِلْمِيذ (tilmīḏ) (note: used by Christians) [masculine] (Arabic), apostel (Dutch), opetuslapsi (Finnish), lærisveinn [masculine] (Icelandic), 弟子 (deshi) (Japanese), apostol [masculine] (Slovene), lärjunge (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Disciple-en-noun--hqqQwn9 Disambiguation of 'one of the twelve disciples of Jesus': 34 54 12
  3. Short for Disciple of Christ (“member of a particular religious group”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Disciple of Christ (extra: member of a particular religious group)
    Sense id: en-Disciple-en-noun-YEFy02gB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 17 59

Inflected forms

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