the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One who proceeds.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One who proceeds or goes forward; one who makes a progress.
n. Specifically One who takes an academic degree.
Word Usage
"He that seeketh victory over his nature, let him not set himself too great, nor too small tasks; for the first will make him dejected by often failings; and the second will make him a small proceeder, though by often prevailings."