Pupil
Pupil , noun
[French pupille, n. fem., Latin pupilla the pupil of the eye, originally dim. of pupa a girl. See Puppet, and compare Pupil a scholar.]
Collocations (1)
Pin-hole pupil (Medicine) , the pupil of the eye when so contracted (as it sometimes is in typhus, or opium poisoning) as to resemble a pin hole. — Dunglison
Pupil , noun
[French pupille, n. masc. & fem., Latin pupillus, pupilla, dim. of pupus boy, pupa girl. See Puppet, and compare 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.
Tutors should behave reverently before their pupils.
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.