Thesaurus: pupil

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1. n. The aperture in the iris; the sight, apple, or black of the eye. See the Note under Eye, and Iris.
2. n. A youth or scholar of either sex under the care of an instructor or tutor.
3. n. A person under a guardian; a ward.
4. n. A boy or a girl under the age of puberty, that is, under fourteen if a male, and under twelve if a female.
5. n. a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
6. n. the contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye; resembles a large black dot
7. n. a young person attending school (up through senior high school)
8. 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. 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.
9. The aperture in the iris; the sight, apple, or black of theeye. See the Note under Eye, and Iris. Pin-hole pupil (Med.), thepupil of the eye when so contracted (as it sometimes is in typhus, oropium poisoning) as to resemble a pin hole. Dunglison.
10. n:100 n. the contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye; resembles a large black dot