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

Word History and Origins

Origin of learner¹

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

Example Sentences

Concurrently, education systems must adapt immediately to the needs of learners in a digital future.

From Time

At insider websites like Beach Grit, vulnerable adult learners, particularly those mythopoetically rhapsodizing about the life-changing joy of waves they first rode the week before, are mercilessly mocked.

From Outside Online

Google Classroom is used with our youngest learners all the way up through college and beyond.

From Popular-Science

Rhode Island, for example, has reported that virtual-only learners are being infected at similar rates as those attending in-person school.

From Washington Post

Some learners have the advantage of oversight and support from parents or siblings.

From Washington Post

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• beginner
• pupil
• trainee