learner

noun learner

• pupil — the expanding and contracting opening in the iris of the eye, through which light passes to the retina.
• beginner — A beginner is someone who has just started learning to do something and cannot do it very well yet.
• trainee — a person being trained, especially in a vocation; apprentice.
• scholar — a learned or erudite person, especially one who has profound knowledge of a particular subject.
• novice — a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner; tyro: a novice in politics.