inceptor

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: in=cep=tor

CIDE DICTIONARY

inceptor, n. [L.].

•  A beginner; one in the rudiments.  Johnson.  [1913 Webster]
•  One who is on the point of taking the degree of master of arts at an English university.  Walton.  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

inceptor

Learner

N learner, scholar, student, pupil, apprentice, prentice, journeyman, articled clerk, beginner, tyro, amateur, rank amateur, abecedarian, alphabetarian, alumnus, eleve, recruit, raw recruit, novice, neophyte, inceptor, catechumen, probationer, seminarian, chela, fellow-commoner, debutant, intern, resident, schoolboy, fresh, freshman, frosh, junior soph, junior, senior soph, senior, sophister, sophomore, questionist, undergraduate, graduate student, law student, medical student, pre-med, post-doctoral student, post-doc, matriculated student, part-time student, night student, auditor, class, grade, seminar, form, remove, pupilage, disciple, follower, apostle, proselyte, fellow-student, condisciple, school, in statu pupillari, in leading strings, practise makes perfect.