Definition of "abecedarian" in English

noun

1. Someone who is learning the alphabet.

2. An elementary student, a novice; one in the early steps of learning.

3. (archaic) Someone engaged in teaching the alphabet; an elementary teacher; one that teaches the methods and principles of learning.

4. (rhetoric) A work which uses words or lines in alphabetical order.

adjective

1. (now rare) Pertaining to someone learning the alphabet or basic studies; elementary; rudimentary.

2. Pertaining to the alphabet, or several alphabets.

3. Arranged in an alphabetical manner.

4. Relating to or resembling an abecedarius.