One who is oriented in and familiar with a topic or subject; especially, one who is an expert in it.
A new member of an organization.
One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.
To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.
To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.
To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.
To begin; to start.
A public lecturer or reader at some universities.
A person doing voice-over translation of foreign films, especially in Eastern European countries.
A lay person who reads aloud certain religious texts in a church service.
A person who reads aloud to workers to entertain them, appointed by a trade union.
To do a voice-over translation of a film.