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pu·pil
I. \ˈpyüpə̇l\ noun
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Etymology: Middle English pupille, from Middle French, from Latin pupillus male ward, pupilla female ward; Latin pupillus from diminutive of pupus boy; Latin pupilla from diminutive of pupa girl, doll, puppet; probably akin to Latin puer boy — more at puerile
1. Roman & Scots civil law : a boy or a girl under the age of puberty and in the care of a guardian
2. : a child or young person in school or in the charge of a tutor or instructor : student 1a
3. : one who has been taught or influenced by a person of fame or distinction : disciple
< was a pupil of the great Stoic philosopher … and wrote a voluminous commentary to a work of his — Benjamin Farrington >
II. noun
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Etymology: Middle French pupille pupil of the eye, from Latin pupilla, from diminutive of pupa girl, doll, puppet; from the tiny image of oneself seen reflected in another's eye
1. : the contractile aperture in the iris of the eye that is round in most vertebrates whether enlarged or contracted but in foxes and cats becomes elliptical like a slit when contracted — see eye illustration
2. : the central dark spot of an ocellus |