pupil

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
  2. noun the contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye; resembles a large black dot
  3. noun a young person attending school (up through senior high school)

Etymology

From Middle English pupille, from Anglo-Norman pupille (“orphan”), from Latin pūpillus (“orphan, minor”), variant of pūpulus (“little boy”), from pūpus (“child, boy”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

student, educatee

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