pupil
pu·pil
noun
1.
a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
2.
contractile aperture in the iris of the eye
Origin
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.
Phrases
- Adie's pupil
- Adie's tonic pupil
- AR pupil
- Argyll Robertson pupil
- blown pupil
- day pupil
- Marcus Gunn pupil
- prostitute's pupil
- pupil premium
- pupil teacher
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