Definition of "inceptor" [in•cep•tor]

• A beginner; one in the rudiments. (noun)
• One who is on the point of taking a Master of Arts degree at an English university. (noun)

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• "Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman, on the second failed test of a U.S. missile inceptor -- the first step toward constructing the controversial $36 billion nationalantiballistic-missile-defense system "There are a lot of young staff who mistakenly think that they are working just by sitting at their keyboards all day long.""
• "From a notice of the year 1432 it transpires that the bedels received one-twelfth of all fines inflicted for misdemeanours; and, in 1434, prior to the admission of inceptors, the Chancellor announced that each inceptor would be required to pay the ordinary fee of thirty shillings and a pair of buckskin gloves for each bedel, or, in lieu of gloves, five shillings to be divided among the bedels."
• "From every inceptor the bedels were entitled to a gratuity of twenty shillings and a pair of buckskin gloves, or an equivalent sum of money; and inceptors whose income amounted to forty pounds a year were compelled to feast all the Regent Masters or forfeit twenty marks to the"