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1. (n.) pupil
a person, usu. young, who is learning under the supervision of a teacher at school or a private tutor; student.
2. (n.) pupil
the expanding and contracting opening in the iris of the eye, through which light passes to the retina.
Etymology: (1350–1400; < L pūpilla lit., little doll; for sense cf. Gk kórē girl, doll, pupil of the eye, alluding to tiny reflections seen in the pupils)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) student, pupil, educatee
a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
2. (noun) pupil
the contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye; resembles a large black dot
3. (noun) schoolchild, school-age child, pupil
a young person attending school (up through senior high school)
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1. (noun) pupil
the black opening in the center of the eye
Her pupils looked large.
2. pupil
sb who has private lessons from a teacher
a piano teacher and her pupils
3. pupil
a student in a school
There are 30 pupils in the class.
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| Definition of 'Pupil' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Pupil
the aperture in the iris; the sight, apple, or black of the eye. See the Note under Eye, and Iris
2. (noun) Pupil
a youth or scholar of either sex under the care of an instructor or tutor
3. (noun) Pupil
a person under a guardian; a ward
4. (noun) Pupil
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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| Definition of 'Pupil' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. Pupil
The aperture in the iris through which light passes.
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Sense: a person who is being taught by a teacher or tutor
The school has 2,000 pupils.
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 Afrikaans: skoliere |
 Arabic: تِلْميذ |
 Bulgarian: ученик |
 Brazilian: aluno |
 Czech: žák, -yně |
 German: der/die Schüler(in) |
 Danish: elev |
 Greek: μαθητής |
 Spanish: alumno |
 Estonian: õpilane |
 Farsi: شاگرد |
 Finnish: oppilas |
 French: écolier/-ière |
 Hebrew: תָּלמִיד |
 Hindi: छात्र |
 Hungarian: tanítvány, növendék |
 Indonesian: murid |
 Icelandic: nemandi |
 Italian: alunno, scolaro |
 Japanese: 生徒 |
 Korean: 학생, 문하생 |
 Lithuanian: mokinys |
 Latvian: skolēns, skolnieks, skoln |
 Malay: murid |
 Dutch: leerling |
 Norwegian: elev |
 Polish: uczeń |
 Persian: شاگرد |
 Pashto: زده كوونكى |
 Portuguese: aluno |
 Romanian: şcolar |
 Russian: ученик |
 Slovak: žiak, -čka |
 Slovenian: učenec |
 Serbian: učenik |
 Swedish: elev |
 Thai: นักเรียน |
 Turkish: öğrenci |
 Taiwanese: 小學生 |
 Ukrainian: учень; вихованець |
 Urdu: شاگرد، طالب علم |
 Vietnamese: học sinh |
 Chinese: 小学生 |
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