pupil
11pupil — pupil1 pupilless, adj. /pyooh peuhl/, n. 1. a person, usually young, who is learning under the close supervision of a teacher at school, a private tutor, or the like; student. 2. Civil Law. an orphaned or emancipated minor under the care of a… …
12pupil — noun 1 (esp. BrE) child in school ADJECTIVE ▪ able, bright, good, star ▪ Daniel is the star pupil at school. ▪ disruptive, unruly …
13pupil — 01. How many [pupils] are there in each class? 02. Most of the [pupils] in this school are immigrants. 03. He was a [pupil] of some of the greatest classical composers of his era. 04. His [pupils] became larger in response to the lack of light.… …
14pupil — {{11}}pupil (1) student, late 14c., originally orphan child, ward, from O.Fr. pupille (14c.), from L. pupillus (fem. pupilla) orphan, ward, minor, dim. of pupus boy (fem. pupa girl ), probably related to puer child, probably from PIE *pup , from… …
15Pupil — The opening of the iris. The pupil may appear to open (dilate) and close (constrict) but it is really the iris that is the prime mover; the pupil is merely the absence of iris. The pupil determines how much light is let into the eye. Both pupils… …
16pupil — [[t]pju͟ːpɪl[/t]] ♦♦♦ pupils 1) N COUNT The pupils of a school are the children who go to it. Over a third of those now at secondary school in Wales attend schools with over 1,000 pupils... Eleanor was a reluctant, anxious pupil. 2) N COUNT: with …
17pupil — pupil1 noun 1》 a person who is taught by another, especially a schoolchild. 2》 Brit. a trainee barrister. Word History The two English words pupil are related to each other, and to poppet, puppet, and pupa, through their Latin root, pupa girl,… …
18pupil — 1. Scholar. Haumana, haumāna. ♦ New pupil, haumana komo hou. ♦ Head pupil in a hula school, po opua a. 2. Part of eye. Ōnohi maka, ki i ōnohi. ♦ Dark pupil of the eye, kāhiwa uli (rare) …
19pupil — [14] Latin pūpus and pūpa meant respectively ‘boy’ and ‘girl’ (pūpa was applied by the Swedish naturalist Linnaeus to ‘chrysalises’, the underlying link being ‘undeveloped creature’, and English adopted it as pupa [19]). The diminutive… …
20pupil — pu|pil W1S2 [ˈpju:pəl] n [Sense: 1; Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: pupille, from Latin pupillus young boy who is looked after , from pupus boy ] [Sense: 2; Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: pupille, from Latin pupilla, from pupa …
