pupil
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Is pupil a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (dated outside UK) A learner at a school under the supervision of a teacher.Examples: "The Pupil after his Pupillarity, had granted a Diſcharge to one of the Co-tutors, which did extinguiſh the whole Debt of that Co-tutor, and conſequently of all the reſt, they being all correi debendi, lyable by one individual Obligation, which cannot be Diſcharged as to one, and ſtand as to all the reſt."; "The bell which called the pupils to their lessons can still be seen on the roof."; "Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting."
2. (law, obsolete) An orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state.obsolete
noun (English)
1. (anatomy) The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina.Examples: "There are sharks with round pupils, sharks with slitlike pupils, and some with pupils that expand and contract with the amount of light available. As unimpressive as this might sound to people who are used to having their pupils dilate and contract regularly, realize that no bony fish has this modification of the eye."
2. (zoology) The central dark part of an ocellated spot.
Definition source: Wiktionary