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noun

Pupil n. (Anat.) 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.

Pupil n.

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."

A person under a guardian; a ward.

(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.

Synonyms: Learner; disciple; tyro. See Scholar.

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"Pupil" Quotes from Famous Books

... heart was a mint, While the owner ne'er knew half the good that was in't; The pupil of impulse, it forc'd him along, 45 His conduct still right, with his argument wrong; Still aiming at honour, yet fearing to roam, The coachman was tipsy, the chariot drove home; Would you ask for his merits? alas! he had none; What was good was spontaneous, ...

— The Complete Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith • Oliver Goldsmith

... foods, the experience of those who have cooked foods successfully is most helpful. Hence the pupil is told to follow directions for cooking a type of food or to use a recipe. Following a direction or recipe in a mechanical way, however, does not result in rapid progress. Keen observation and mental alertness are needed if you would become skilful ...

— School and Home Cooking • Carlotta C. Greer

... holds it has been hollowed out and filled with an arrangement of black and white enamel; a rim of bronze marks the outline of the lids, while a little silver peg, inserted at the back of the pupil, reflects the light and gives the effect of the sparkle of a living glance. The statue, which is short in height, is of wood, and one would be inclined to think that the relative plasticity of the material counts for something in the boldness of the execution, were it not that though ...

— History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 2 (of 12) • G. Maspero

... Every pupil except little William Powers began writing immediately. William sat idle, twiddling his fingers and watching ...

— More Toasts • Marion Dix Mosher

... custom at the close of every week's work to bring a section of the pupils upon the platform as essayists or orators, and these "exercises" formed the most interesting and the most passionately dreaded feature of the entire school. No pupil who took part in it ever forgot his first appearance. It was at once a pillory and a burning. It called for self-possession, memory, grace of gesture ...

— A Son of the Middle Border • Hamlin Garland

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