1. pupil(n = noun.person) educatee, student - a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution;
is a kind of enrollee
is a member of teacher-student relation
has particulars: art student, auditor, catechumen, neophyte, college boy, college man, collegian, crammer, etonian, ivy leaguer, law student, major, medical student, medico, nonreader, overachiever, passer, scholar, seminarian, seminarist, sixth-former, skipper, nonachiever, underachiever, underperformer, withdrawer, wykehamist
2. pupil(n = noun.body) - the contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye; resembles a large black dot;
is a kind of aperture
is a part of iris
Derived form adjective pupillary1
3. pupil(n = noun.person) school-age child, schoolchild - a young person attending school (up through senior high school);
is a kind of spring chicken, young person, younker, youth
has particulars: boarder, day boarder, latchkey child, schoolboy
The aperture in the iris; the sight, apple, or black of the eye. See the Note under Eye, and Iris. [1913 Webster]
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." [1913 Webster]
"Tutors should behave reverently before their pupils." [1913 Webster]
2. A person under a guardian; a ward. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
3. 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]
pupil, n.
1 a person who is taught by another, esp. a schoolchild or student in relation to a teacher.
2 Sc. Law a boy less than 14 or a girl less than 12 years in age.
Derivative:
pupillage n. (also pupilage). pupillary adj. (also pupilary).
pupil, n. the dark circular opening in the centre of the iris of the eye, varying in size to regulate the passage of light to the retina.
Derivative:
pupillar adj. (also pupilar). pupillary adj. (also pupilary).
Etymology:
OF pupille or L pupilla, dimin. of pupa doll (as PUPIL(1)): so called from the tiny images visible in the eye
N vision, sight, optics, eyesight, view, look, espial, glance, ken, coup d'oeil, glimpse, glint, peep, gaze, stare, leer, perlustration, contemplation, conspection, conspectuity, regard, survey, introspection, reconnaissance, speculation, watch, espionage, espionnage, autopsy, ocular inspection, ocular demonstration, sight-seeing, point of view, gazebo, loophole, belvedere, watchtower, field of view, theater, amphitheater, arena, vista, horizon, commanding view, bird's eye view, periscope, visual organ, organ of vision, eye, naked eye, unassisted eye, retina, pupil, iris, cornea, white, optics, orbs, saucer eyes, goggle eyes, gooseberry eyes, short sight, clear sight, sharp sight, quick sight, eagle sight, piercing sight, penetrating sight, clear glance, sharp glance, quick glance, eagle glance, piercing glance, penetrating glance, clear eye, sharp eye, quick eye, eagle eye, piercing eye, penetrating eye, perspicacity, discernment, catopsis, eagle, hawk, cat, lynx, Argus, evil eye, basilisk, cockatrice, seeing, visual, ocular, optic, optical, ophthalmic, clear-eyesighted, eagle-eyed, hawk-eyed, lynx-eyed, keen- eyed, Argus-eyed, visible, visibly, in sight of, with one's eyes open at sight, at first sight, at a glance, at the first blush, prima facie, Int, look!, the scales falling from one's eyes, an eye like Mars to threaten or command, her eyes are homes of silent prayer, looking before and after, thy rapt soul sitting in thine eyes.
N learner, scholar, student, pupil, apprentice, prentice, journeyman, articled clerk, beginner, tyro, amateur, rank amateur, abecedarian, alphabetarian, alumnus, eleve, recruit, raw recruit, novice, neophyte, inceptor, catechumen, probationer, seminarian, chela, fellow-commoner, debutant, intern, resident, schoolboy, fresh, freshman, frosh, junior soph, junior, senior soph, senior, sophister, sophomore, questionist, undergraduate, graduate student, law student, medical student, pre-med, post-doctoral student, post-doc, matriculated student, part-time student, night student, auditor, class, grade, seminar, form, remove, pupilage, disciple, follower, apostle, proselyte, fellow-student, condisciple, school, in statu pupillari, in leading strings, practise makes perfect.