initiate-n; 1 Senses

Sense Number 1: a person who has become a member of a society, club or institution of some kind.

Commentary: INITIATE[+person][+member][+new][+of_organization][+social]

Examples:
There is a lunch for the new corporate initiates.
His work has placed him among the foremost initiates of string theory.
The initiates of the secret religious order had to take vows.

Mappings:
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2, 3