Pupil
13 definitions retrieved  Pupil \Pu"pil\, n. [F. pupille, n. fem., L. pupilla the pupil of the eye, originally dim. of pupa a girl. See Puppet, and cf. Pupil a scholar.] (Anat.) The aperture in the iris; the sight, apple, or black of the eye. See the Note under Eye, and Iris. [1913 Webster] Pin-hole pupil (Med.), the pupil of the eye when so contracted (as it sometimes is in typhus, or opium poisoning) as to resemble a pin hole. --Dunglison. [1913 Webster] Pupil \Pu"pil\, n. [F. pupille, n. masc. & fem., L. pupillus, pupilla, dim. of pupus boy, pupa girl. See Puppet, and cf. Pupil of the eye.] 1. A youth or scholar of either sex under the care of an instructor or tutor. [1913 Webster] Too far in years to be a pupil now. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Tutors should behave reverently before their pupils. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster] 2. A person under a guardian; a ward. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. (Civil Law) A boy or a girl under the age of puberty, that is, under fourteen if a male, and under twelve if a female. [1913 Webster] Syn: Learner; disciple; tyro. -- See Scholar. [1913 Webster]  pupil n 1: a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution [syn: student, pupil, educatee] 2: the contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye; resembles a large black dot 3: a young person attending school (up through senior high school) [syn: schoolchild, school-age child, pupil]  pupil [pjuːpl] Pupille; Schüler  pupil diák pupilla szembogár tanuló  pupil allievo, scolaro pupillo  pupil [pjuːpl] scholier; schooljongen pupil  pupil [pypil] Pupille  pupil [pypil] pupil  PUPIL, civil law. One who is in his or her minority. Vide. Dig. 1, 7; Id. 26, 7, 1, 2; Code, 6, 30, 18; Dig. 50, 16, 239. One who is in ward or guardianship.  pupil Pupille f [anat.] pupil [Br.] Schüler m; Schülerin f  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "pupil": apprentice, auditor, autodidact, baby blues, banjo eyes, beginner, bright eyes, catechumen, clear eyes, cornea, disciple, educatee, eye, eyeball, eyelid, goggle eyes, inquirer, iris, learner, lens, lid, monitor, naked eye, neophyte, nictitating membrane, novice, oculus, optic, optic nerve, orb, organ of vision, peeper, popeyes, praepostor, prefect, retina, saucer eyes, scholar, schoolboy, schoolgirl, sclera, self-taught person, starry orbs, student, studier, trainee, tyro, unaided eye, visual organ Pupil related |
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