pupil

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A child or young person who is being taught at school.

   There are thirty pupils in my daughter's class.

2. 2
   noun

   The small black round opening in the centre of your eye that lets in light.

   In bright sunlight, the pupils of your eyes get smaller.

3. 3
   noun

   Someone who learns from an expert teacher.

   Plato was Socrates' pupil, and Aristotle was Plato's pupil.

From Middle English pupille, from Old French pupille, from Latin pūpilla (“pupil; little girl, doll”), named because of the small reflected image seen when looking into someone's eye.

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