a child or young person at school or receiving tuition
a person who has been taught or influenced by a distinguished person
a person who is training to become a barrister
in Roman and Scots law, a boy up to the age of 14 or a girl up to the age of 12 who is in the care of a guardian
[Middle English pupille minor, ward, via French from Latin pupillus male ward (from dimin. of pupus boy) and pupilla female ward, from dimin. of pupa girl, doll, puppet]