Pupil — Defs

01 n. The aperture in the iris; the sight, apple, or black of the eye. See the Note under Eye, and Iris.

1.
The aperture in the iris; the sight, apple, or black of the eye. See the Note under Eye, and Iris.(Anat.) See: Eye, Iris

Phrases & compounds

Pin-hole pupil — the pupil of the eye when so contracted (as it sometimes is in typhus, or opium poisoning) as to resemble a pin hole.

02 n. A youth or scholar of either sex under the care of an instructor or tutor.

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.
3.
A boy or a girl under the age of puberty, that is, under fourteen if a male, and under twelve if a female.(Civil Law)

Syn. Learner; disciple; tyro. -- See Scholar.