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pupil |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. {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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. Too far in years to be a pupil now --Shak. Tutors should behave reverently before their pupils. --L'Estrange. 2. A person under a guardian; a ward. --Dryden. 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. Syn: Learner; disciple; tyro. -- See {Scholar}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pupil n 1: a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution [syn: {student}, {educatee}] 2: contractile aperture in the iris of the eye 3: a child attending school [syn: {schoolchild}]
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