pupil
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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}.
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{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.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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Too far in years to be a pupil now. --Shak.
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Tutors should behave reverently before their pupils.
--L'Estrange.
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2. A person under a guardian; a ward. --Dryden.
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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.
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Syn: Learner; disciple; tyro. -- See {Scholar}.
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from
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
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.
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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