Definition of pupil Pupil
/pjuˈpʌl/ - [pyupul] - pu•pil
We found 17 definitions of pupil from 7 different sources.
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NounPlural: pupils |
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| pupil - the contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye; resembles a large black dot | ||
| aperture an man-made opening; usually small | ||
| iris diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening | ||
| pupil - a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution | ||
| student, educatee | ||
| enrollee a person who enrolls in (or is enrolled in) a class or course of study | ||
| teacher-student relation the academic relation between teachers and their students | ||
| art student someone studying to be an artist | ||
| auditor a qualified accountant who inspects the accounting records and practices of a business or other organization | ||
| 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 textbook designed for cramming | ||
| 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 the principal field of study of a student at a university; "her major is linguistics" | ||
| 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 type genus of the Passeridae | ||
| scholar a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines | ||
| 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 depositor who withdraws funds previously deposited | ||
| pupil - a young person attending school (up through senior high school) | ||
| schoolchild, school-age child | ||
| young person, younker, spring chicken, youth a young person (especially a young man or boy) | ||
| 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) | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pupil (n.)
The aperture in the iris; the sight, apple, or black of the eye. See the Note under Eye, and Iris. - pupil (n.)
A youth or scholar of either sex under the care of an instructor or tutor. - pupil (n.)
A person under a guardian; a ward. - pupil (n.)
A boy or a girl under the age of puberty, that is, under fourteen if a male, and under twelve if a female.
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pupil
A student under the supervision of a teacher or professor. -
pupil
Someone who attends a class. -
pupil
Contractile aperture in iris.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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pupil
pū′pil, n. a little boy or girl: one under the care of a tutor: a scholar: a ward: (law) one under the age of puberty—i.e. under fourteen years for males, and twelve for females.—adj. under age.—ns. Pupilabil′ity (rare), pupilary nature: confidential character; Pū′pilage, Pū′pillage, state of being a pupil: the time during which one is a pupil; Pupilar′ity, Pupillar′ity, the time between birth and puberty.—adjs. Pū′pilary, Pū′pillary, pertaining to a pupil or ward.—Pupil teacher, one who is both a pupil and a teacher. [Fr. pupille—L. pupillus, pupilla, dims. of pupus, boy, pupa, girl.] -
pupil
pū′pil, n. the round opening in the middle of the eye through which the light passes: the apple of the eye, so called from the baby-like figures seen on it: (zool.) the central dark part of an ocellated spot.—adjs. Pū′pilary, Pū′pillary; Pū′pilate (zool.), having a central spot of another colour.—n. Pupillom′eter, an instrument for measuring the size of the pupil of an eye. [Same as above word.]
Wikipedia 
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eye
The pupil is the opening in the centre of the eye. Light enters through the pupil and goes through the lens, which focuses the image on the retina. The size of the pupil is controlled by muscles. When more light is needed, the pupil is made larger. In brighter light, the pupil is made smaller.
The pupil can be compared with the shutter of a camera.
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🔤- pupil, noun, singular of pupils.
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