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learner

[ lur-ner ]

noun

  1. a person who is learning; learn; student; pupil; apprentice; trainee.


ˈlearner

/ ˈlɜːnə /

noun

  1. someone who is learning something; beginner
  2. (in South Africa) a school pupil


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Word History and Origins

Origin of learner1

before 1000; Middle English lerner ( e ), Old English leornere; learn, -er 1

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Example Sentences

Subjects were assigned the roles of “teacher” and “learner” and placed in separate rooms.

Franco, the perpetual and ravenous learner, would get straight A's from any of those teachers.

"It was miraculous what a slow learner she was," says one person who met her.

Jamshid, the third person in our household, is a swift 23-year-old; a fabulous cook and fast learner.

The next point is, to ascertain the precision with which the learner can bisect an object with the wires of the telescope.

He is a poor teacher who is not a learner, and he is but little of a learner who is not something of a teacher also.

Our junior clerk was an apt learner in deception and trickery.

The less rubbing out the better the learner will progress, and the more satisfaction he will receive from the results.

In those days pilots were allowed to carry a learner, or "cub," board free.

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