pupil
1a person, usually young, who is learning under the close supervision of a teacher at school, a private tutor, or the like; student.
Civil Law. an orphaned or emancipated minor under the care of a guardian.
Roman Law. a person under the age of puberty orphaned or emancipated, and under the care of a guardian.
Origin of pupil
1synonym study For pupil
Other words for pupil
Other words from pupil
- pu·pil·less, adjective
Words Nearby pupil
Other definitions for pupil (2 of 2)
the expanding and contracting opening in the iris of the eye, through which light passes to the retina.
Origin of pupil
2Other words from pupil
- pu·pil·less, adjective
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How to use pupil in a sentence
In an effort to measure the profits online charter schools make, the report’s authors compared California’s per-pupil funding with fees charged for the same products in other jurisdictions.
Report: California ‘wasting’ millions of dollars funding online charter schools | Valerie Strauss | February 2, 2021 | Washington Post“He was a rebellious, difficult pupil — a boy of that age, after all, does not find it easy to stick to hours of practice,” his father wrote in an essay relayed in an email by Cai.
Fou Ts’ong, Chinese pianist who bridged East and West, dies at 86 of covid-19 | Emily Langer | January 7, 2021 | Washington PostPer pupil spending in North Carolina then was well below the national average.
How a courageous Southern governor broke ranks with segregationists in 1961 | John Drescher | January 1, 2021 | Washington PostWhile attending a series of Catholic boarding schools, he later wrote of his attraction to other boy pupils.
Daniel Cordier, French Resistance hero, dies at 100 | Phil Davison | November 23, 2020 | Washington PostTeachers have fewer tools at their disposal to hold students accountable now that teachers and pupils don’t share a physical space.
Distance learning is straining parent-teacher relationships | Ashley Fetters | November 12, 2020 | Washington Post
In the U.S, Allan Kaprow, an artist pupil of John Cage, came up with the word “Happening” in 1957.
The Life and Art of Radical Provocateur—and Commune Leader—Otto Muehl | Anthony Haden-Guest | September 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe compilation also brought the Nazi-riffic Apt pupil and leach-tastic The Body (aka Stand By Me) to the silver screen.
20 Things You Didn’t Know About 'The Shawshank Redemption' | Bill Schulz | August 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPer-pupil funding has fallen and cuts in local schools have alarmed teachers and parents.
Bryan is very interested in World War II, which was a very big part of X-Men, Valkyrie, and Apt pupil.
Simon Kinberg on ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past,’ ‘The Fantastic Four’ Reboot, and Black Superheroes | Marlow Stern | May 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe value of leisure was one subject on which both teacher and pupil agreed.
Now first we shall want our pupil to understand, speak, read and write the mother tongue well.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsWas a pupil of Caspar Netscher of Heidelberg, whose little pictures are of fabulous value.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine ClementIt is well known that Prud'hon and his pupil painted many pictures in collaboration.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine ClementShe was a pupil of Kullak's, too, but it is four years since she left him, and she has been concertizing a good deal.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayThis led to her painting portraits of various members of the royal family while she was still a pupil of De Zichys.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine Clement
British Dictionary definitions for pupil (1 of 2)
/ (ˈpjuːpəl) /
a student who is taught by a teacher, esp a young student
civil law Scots law a boy under 14 or a girl under 12 who is in the care of a guardian
Origin of pupil
1British Dictionary definitions for pupil (2 of 2)
/ (ˈpjuːpəl) /
the dark circular aperture at the centre of the iris of the eye, through which light enters
Origin of pupil
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for pupil
[ pyōō′pəl ]
The opening in the center of the iris through which light enters the eye.
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Cultural definitions for pupil
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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