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Definition of Pupil
1. Noun. A learner who is enrolled in an educational institution.
Exact synonyms: Educatee, Student
Specialized synonyms: 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
Generic synonyms: Enrollee
Group relationships: Teacher-student Relation
Derivative terms: Educate, Studentship, Study
Specialized synonyms: 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
Generic synonyms: Enrollee
Group relationships: Teacher-student Relation
Derivative terms: Educate, Studentship, Study
2. Noun. The contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye; resembles a large black dot.
3. Noun. A young person attending school (up through senior high school).
Exact synonyms: School-age Child, Schoolchild
Specialized synonyms: Boarder, Day Boarder, Latchkey Child, Schoolboy
Generic synonyms: Spring Chicken, Young Person, Younker, Youth
Specialized synonyms: Boarder, Day Boarder, Latchkey Child, Schoolboy
Generic synonyms: Spring Chicken, Young Person, Younker, Youth
Definition of Pupil
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.
Definition of Pupil
1. Noun. (context: legal obsolete) An orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state. ¹
2. Noun. A student under the supervision of a teacher or professor. ¹
3. Noun. (anatomy) The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pupil
1. a student under the close supervision of a teacher [n -S]