pupil
(noun) the contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye; resembles a large black dot
schoolchild, school-age child, pupil
(noun) a young person attending school (up through senior high school)
student, pupil, educatee
(noun) a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pupil (plural pupils)
A learner under the supervision of a teacher or professor.
(legal, obsolete) An orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state.
• A pupil is typically a young person, such as a schoolchild. Older learners, e.g. at university, are generally called students.
pupil (plural pupils)
(anatomy) The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina.
(zoology) The central dark part of an ocellated spot.
• pipul
Source: Wiktionary
Pu"pil, n. Etym: [F. pupille, n. fem., L. pupilla the pupil of the eye, originally dim. of pupa a girl. See Puppet, and cf. Pupil a scholar.] (Anat.)
Definition: The aperture in the iris; the sight, apple, or black of the eye. See the Note under Eye, and Iris. Pin-hole pupil (Med.), the pupil of the eye when so contracted (as it sometimes is in typhus, or opium poisoning) as to resemble a pin hole. Dunglison.
Pu"pil, n. Etym: [F. pupille, n. masc. & fem., L. pupillus, pupilla, dim. of pupus boy, pupa girl. See Puppet, and cf. Pupil of the eye.]
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. Dryden.
3. (Civil Law)
Definition: A boy or a girl under the age of puberty, that is, under fourteen if a male, and under twelve if a female.
Syn.
– Learner; disciple; tyro.
– See Scholar.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 June 2025
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
