pupil

pu·pil ¹  (pypl)

n.

1. A student under the direct supervision of a teacher or professor.

2. Law A minor under the supervision of a guardian.

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[Middle English pupille, orphan, from Old French, from Latin ppillus, diminutive of ppus, boy.]

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pupil ¹

Noun

a student who is taught by a teacher [Latin pupus a child]

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pupil ²

Noun

the dark circular opening at the centre of the iris of the eye [Latin pupilla, diminutive of pupa doll; from the tiny reflections in the eye]

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pupil  (pypl)

The opening in the center of the iris through which light enters the eye.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pupil - a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution educatee, student art student - someone studying to be an artist auditor - a student who attends a course but does not take it for credit catechumen, neophyte - a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist college boy, college man, collegian - a student (or former student) at a college or university crammer - a student who crams enrollee - a person who enrolls in (or is enrolled in) a class or course of study Etonian - a student enrolled in (or graduated from) Eton College Ivy Leaguer - a student or graduate at an Ivy League school law student - a student in law school major - a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject; "she is a linguistics major" medical student, medico - a student in medical school nonreader - a student who is very slow in learning to read overachiever - a student who attains higher standards than the IQ indicated passer - a student who passes an examination scholar - a student who holds a scholarship seminarian, seminarist - a student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary) sixth-former - a student in the sixth form skipper - a student who fails to attend classes nonachiever, underachiever, underperformer - a student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates withdrawer - a student who withdraws from the educational institution in which he or she was enrolled Wykehamist - a student enrolled in (or graduated from) Winchester College teacher-student relation - the academic relation between teachers and their students
	2.	pupil - the contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye; resembles a large black dot iris - muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye aperture - a natural opening in something
	3.	pupil - a young person attending school (up through senior high school) school-age child, schoolchild boarder - a pupil who lives at school during term time day boarder - a schoolchild at a boarding school who has meals at school but sleeps at home latchkey child - a school-age child who is home without adult supervision for part of the day (especially after school until a parent returns home from work) schoolboy - a boy attending school spring chicken, young person, younker, youth - a young person (especially a young man or boy)

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pupil

noun 1. student, scholar, schoolboy or schoolgirl, schoolchild << OPPOSITE teacher

2. learner, student, follower, trainee, novice, beginner, apprentice, disciple, protégé, neophyte, tyro, catechumen << OPPOSITE instructor

Translations

pupil [ˈpjuːpl] n → alumno/a; [of eye] → pupila

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pupil [ˈpjuːpl] n → élève m/f [of eye]; pupille f

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pupil [ˈpjuːpl] n (Scol) → Schüler(in) m(f) [of eye] → Pupille f

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pupil [ˈpjuːpl] n → allievo/a;

(ANAT) → pupilla