(n.) One who is learning the alphabet; hence, a tyro.
(n.) One engaged in teaching the alphabet.
(a.) Alt. of Abecedary
Example Sentences:
(1) Short stories are told for virago, amazon, mamma, barbarian, abecedarian, elementary, and for many Latin-derived words in mol- and English words in mil-, tying them to the Latin mollis (soft) as related to mulier (woman).
Abecedary
Definition:
(a.) Pertaining to, or formed by, the letters of the alphabet; alphabetic; hence, rudimentary.
(n.) A primer; the first principle or rudiment of anything.