Category:Pupil

Pu"pil, n. Etym: [f. pupille, n. fem., L. pupilla the pupil of the Eye, originally dim. of pupa a girl. See puppet, and cf. Pupil a Scholar.] (anat.)

Defn: 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.

Pupil Pu"pil, n. Etym: [f. pupille, n. masc. & fem., L. pupillus, pupilla, Dim. of pupus boy, pupa girl. See puppet, and cf. 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. Shak. Tutors should behave reverently before their pupils. L'estrange.

2. A person under a guardian; a ward. Dryden.

3. (civil law)

Defn: 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.