1. a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

2. a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences

3. the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises

4. education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge

5. a knight of the lowest order; could display only a pennon

6. one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind

7. any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles

10. a doctorate usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation; the highest degree awarded graduate study

7. a combatant who is able to defeat rivals

8. a large and diverse institution of higher learning created to educate for life and for a profession and to grant degrees

9. a workplace for the conduct of scientific research

10. a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution