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The definition of a pupil is a student in school.

(noun)

A first grader attending elementary school is an example of a pupil.

Pupil is defined as a dark circular opening in the center of the iris in the eye.

(noun)

An example of the pupil is the center part of the eye that gets smaller when you are exposed to very bright light in order to limit light exposure to the retina.

See pupil in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a person, esp. a young person, under the supervision of a teacher or tutor, as in school
Civil Law a minor under the care of a guardian

Origin: ME pupille < MFr < L pupillus, pupilla, orphan, ward, dim. of pupus, boy, pupa, girl: see pupa

noun

the contractile circular opening, apparently black, in the center of the iris of the eye

Origin: Fr pupille < L pupilla, dim. of pupa (see pupil & pupa): from one's image, like a tiny doll, seen reflected in another's eye

See pupil in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A student under the direct supervision of a teacher or professor.
Law A minor under the supervision of a guardian.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English pupille, orphan

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin pūpillus

Origin: , diminutive of pūpus, boy

noun

The apparently black circular opening in the center of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to the retina.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French pupille

Origin: , from Latin pūpilla, little doll, pupil of the eye (from the tiny image reflected in it); see pupil¹

Related Forms:

puˈpi·lar adjective

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