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pu·pil¹

(pyo͞o′pəl)

1. A student under the direct supervision of a teacher or professor.

2. Law A minor under the supervision of a guardian.

[Middle English pupille, orphan, from Old French, from Latin pūpillus, diminutive of pūpus, boy.]

pu′pil·lar·y (-pə-lĕr′ē) adj.

pu·pil²

(pyo͞o′pəl)

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

[Middle English, from Old French pupille, from Latin pūpilla, little doll, pupil of the eye (from the tiny image reflected in it); see pupil¹.]

pu′pi·lar, pu′pil·lar·y (-pə-lĕr′ē) adj.

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pupil

(ˈpjuːpəl)

1. (Education) a student who is taught by a teacher, esp a young student

2. (Law) civil law Scots law a boy under 14 or a girl under 12 who is in the care of a guardian

[C14: from Latin pupillus an orphan, from pūpus a child]

pupil

(ˈpjuːpəl)

(Anatomy) the dark circular aperture at the centre of the iris of the eye, through which light enters

[C16: from Latin pūpilla, diminutive of pūpa girl, puppet; from the tiny reflections in the eye]

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pu•pil¹

(ˈpyu pəl)

n.

a person, usu. young, who is learning under the supervision of a teacher at school or a private tutor; student.

[1350–1400; pupille < Middle French < Latin pūpillus (masculine), pūpilla (feminine) orphan, ward, diminutives of pūpus boy, pūpa girl]

pu•pil²

(ˈpyu pəl)

n.

the expanding and contracting opening in the iris of the eye, through which light passes to the retina.

[1350–1400; < Latin pūpilla literally, little doll; for sense compare Greek kórē girl, doll, pupil of the eye, alluding to tiny reflections seen in the pupils]

pu·pil

(pyo͞o′pəl)

The opening in the center of the iris through which light enters the eye.

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pupil

eleve - A French term used for a pupil or scholar.
indocible - Means unteachable as a pupil.
pupil - From Latin pupilla, it first meant "orphan, ward, minor."
apple of his eye - Results from the fact that the pupil of the eye was called the "apple" in earlier English because it was thought to be a solid sphere.

pupil

The hole in the middle of the iris, through which light enters the eye.

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Noun	1.	pupil - a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution educatee, student art student - someone studying to be an artist auditor - a student who attends a course but does not take it for credit catechumen, neophyte - a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by a catechist college boy, college man, collegian - a student (or former student) at a college or university crammer - a student who crams enrollee - a person who enrolls in (or is enrolled in) a class or course of study Etonian - a student enrolled in (or graduated from) Eton College Ivy Leaguer - a student or graduate at an Ivy League school law student - a student in law school major - a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject; "she is a linguistics major" medical student, medico - a student in medical school nonreader - a student who is very slow in learning to read overachiever - a student who attains higher standards than the IQ indicated passer - a student who passes an examination scholar - a student who holds a scholarship seminarian, seminarist - a student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic seminary) sixth-former - a student in the sixth form skipper - a student who fails to attend classes nonachiever, underachiever, underperformer - a student who does not perform as well as expected or as well as the IQ indicates withdrawer - a student who withdraws from the educational institution in which he or she was enrolled Wykehamist - a student enrolled in (or graduated from) Winchester College teacher-student relation - the academic relation between teachers and their students
	2.	pupil - the contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye; resembles a large black dot iris - muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye aperture - a natural opening in something
	3.	pupil - a young person attending school (up through senior high school) school-age child, schoolchild boarder - a pupil who lives at school during term time day boarder - a schoolchild at a boarding school who has meals at school but sleeps at home latchkey child - a school-age child who is home without adult supervision for part of the day (especially after school until a parent returns home from work) schoolboy - a boy attending school spring chicken, young person, younker, youth - a young person (especially a young man or boy)

pupil

noun

1. student, scholar, schoolboy or schoolgirl, schoolchild a school with over 1,000 pupils
student teacher, tutor, schoolteacher, master or mistress, schoolmaster or schoolmistress

2. learner, student, follower, trainee, novice, beginner, apprentice, disciple, protégé, neophyte, tyro, catechumen Goldschmidt became a pupil of the composer Franz Schreker.
learner coach, trainer, instructor, guru

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pupil

noun

One who is being educated:

learner, scholar, student.

Translations

إِنْسَانُ العَيْنبُؤبُؤ العَيْنتِلْميذتِلْمِيذ

žákzornicepanenka-yně

elevpupil

Schüler Pupille Schülerin

μαθητής κόρη κόρη ματιού μαθήτρια

lernantinolernantolernejanopupilo

alumno pupila pupilo

oppilaspupilli

pupille écolier élève prunelle

učenikzjenicazjenađakučenica

diákpupillatanuló

nemandiljósop, sjáaldur; augasteinn

alunno pupilla pupille scolara scolaro

生徒瞳孔

눈동자학생

skolēns, skolnieks, skolniecezīlīte

eleveleva

зрачок ученик ученица птенец

zrenica

zenicaučenec

ученикученица

elevpupill

ช่องตาดำนักเรียน

öğrenci göz bebeği gözbebeği

đồng tửhọc sinh

瞳孔学生小学生

pupil

¹ [ˈpjuːpl] N

1. (in school) → alumno/a m/f, educando/a m/f (frm)
last year pupil numbers increased by 46,100 → el año pasado hubo un aumento de 46.100 en el número total de alumnos
pupil-teacher ratio → proporción f de alumnos por maestro
see also teacher-pupil ratio

2. [of musician, artist etc] → alumno/a m/f, discípulo/a m/f

pupil

² [ˈpjuːpl] N (Anat) → pupila f

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pupil

[ˈpjuːpɪl] n

(= student) → élève mf

[eye] → pupille fpupil power n → pouvoir m des élèves

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pupil

n (Sch, fig) → Schüler(in) m(f)

pupil

n (Anat) → Pupille f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

pupil

¹ [ˈpjuːpl] n (Scol) → allievo/a, scolaro/a

pupil

² [ˈpjuːpl] n (Anat) → pupilla

pupil¹

(ˈpjuːpl) noun

a person who is being taught by a teacher or tutor. The school has 2,000 pupils.

pupil²

(ˈpjuːpl) noun

the round opening in the middle of the eye through which the light passes.

pupil

→ إِنْسَانُ العَيْن, تِلْمِيذ panenka, žák elev, pupil Pupille, Schüler κόρη ματιού, μαθητής alumno, pupila, pupilo oppilas, pupilli élève, pupille učenik, zjenica alunni, pupille 生徒, 瞳孔 눈동자, 학생 leerling, pupil elev, pupill uczeń, źrenica aluno, pupila зрачок, ученик elev, pupill ช่องตาดำ, นักเรียน gözbebeği, öğrenci đồng tử, học sinh 学生, 瞳孔

pu·pil

n. pupila, abertura contráctil del iris que da entrada a la luz.

pupil

n (of the eye) pupila (del ojo)

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Amelie's action caused a murmur of surprise, which did not prevent her from accomplishing the change by rolling hastily to the side of the easel the stool, the box of colors, and even the picture by Prudhon, which the absent pupil was copying.

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"You have referred to the letters written by my pupil," she resumed, addressing Noel Vanstone as soon as she felt sure of herself again.

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"Joe, dear," she said, gleefully, "I've a pupil. And, oh, the loveliest people!

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Ten blue tickets equalled a red one, and could be exchanged for it; ten red tickets equalled a yellow one; for ten yellow tickets the superintendent gave a very plainly bound Bible (worth forty cents in those easy times) to the pupil. How many of my readers would have the industry and application to memorize two thousand verses, even for a Dore Bible?

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You may tell Miss Smith that I forgot to make a memorandum of the darning needles, but she shall have some papers sent in next week; and she is not, on any account, to give out more than one at a time to each pupil: if they have more, they are apt to be careless and lose them.

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"No, sir!" replied the pupil, still more ironically, "but I must say I have heard it spoken of."

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But, all the place was pervaded by a grimly ludicrous pretence that every pupil was childish and innocent.

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A BEAUTIFUL Old Man, meeting a Sunday-school Pupil, laid his hand tenderly upon the lad's head, saying: "Listen, my son, to the words of the wise and heed the advice of the righteous."

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"I expect you have guessed that Prince Vasili has not come and brought his pupil with him" (for some reason Prince Bolkonski referred to Anatole as a "pupil") "for the sake of my beautiful eyes.

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She was the best pupil I ever had--and I remember she lived in Yorkshire." He was so weary of the idle curiosity--as it appeared to him--which persisted in asking trifling questions, that he left his seat, and crossed the room.

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Miss Sedley's papa was a merchant in London, and a man of some wealth; whereas Miss Sharp was an articled pupil, for whom Miss Pinkerton had done, as she thought, quite enough, without conferring upon her at parting the high honour of the Dixonary.

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Of fancy-work I knew nothing but what I gathered from my pupil and my own observation; but no sooner was I initiated, than she made me useful in twenty different ways: all the tedious parts of her work were shifted on to my shoulders; such as stretching the frames, stitching in the canvas, sorting the wools and silks, putting in the grounds, counting the stitches, rectifying mistakes, and finishing the pieces she was tired of.

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