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   Pupil , n. [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.) The aperture in the iris; the sight, apple, or black of the eye. See the Note under Eye, and Iris.
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   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.
   
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   Pupil, n. [F. pupille, n. masc. & fem., L. pupillus, pupilla, dim. of pupus boy, pupa girl. See Puppet, and cf. Pupil of the eye.]
   A youth or scholar of either sex under the care of an instructor or tutor.
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   Too far in years to be a pupil now.
   Shak.
   
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   Tutors should behave reverently before their pupils.
   L'Estrange.
   
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   A person under a guardian; a ward.
   Dryden.
   
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   (Civil Law) A boy or a girl under the age of puberty, that is, under fourteen if a male, and under twelve if a female.
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   Syn. -- Learner; disciple; tyro. -- See Scholar.
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