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pupil
noun
1 pupil
A learner who is enrolled in an educational institution.
synonyms: educatee, student.
Roget 441:
vision,
sight,
optics,
eyesight.
view,
look,
espial†,
glance,
ken [Scot.],
coup d'oeil [Fr.];
glimpse,
glint,
peep;
gaze,
stare,
leer;
perlustration†,
contemplation;
conspection†,
conspectuity†;
regard,
survey;
introspection;
reconnaissance,
speculation,
watch,
espionage,
espionnage [Fr.],
autopsy;
ocular inspection,
ocular demonstration;
sight-seeing.
point of view;
gazebo,
loophole,
belvedere,
watchtower.
field of view;
theater,
amphitheater,
arena,
vista,
horizon;
commanding view,
bird's eye view;
periscope.
visual organ,
organ of vision;
eye;
naked eye,
unassisted eye;
retina,
pupil,
iris,
cornea,
white;
optics,
orbs;
saucer eyes,
goggle eyes,
gooseberry eyes.
short sight
etc.
443;
clear sight,
sharp sight,
quick sight,
eagle sight,
piercing sight,
penetrating sight,
clear glance,
sharp glance,
quick glance,
eagle glance,
piercing glance,
penetrating glance,
clear eye,
sharp eye,
quick eye,
eagle eye,
piercing eye,
penetrating eye;
perspicacity,
discernment;
catopsis†.
eagle,
hawk;
cat,
lynx;
Argus†.
evil eye;
basilisk,
cockatrice [Myth.].
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Roget 541:
learner,
scholar,
student,
pupil;
apprentice,
prentice†,
journeyman;
articled clerk;
beginner,
tyro,
amateur,
rank amateur;
abecedarian,
alphabetarian†;
alumnus,
eleve [Fr.].
recruit,
raw recruit,
novice,
neophyte,
inceptor†,
catechumen,
probationer;
seminarian,
chela,
fellow-commoner;
debutant.
[apprentice medical doctors]
intern;
resident.
schoolboy;
fresh,
freshman,
frosh;
junior soph†,
junior;
senior soph†,
senior;
sophister†,
sophomore;
questionist†.
[college and university students]
undergraduate;
graduate student;
law student;
medical student;
pre-med;
post-doctoral student,
post-doc;
matriculated student;
part-time student,
night student,
auditor.
[group of learners]
class,
grade,
seminar,
form,
remove;
pupilage
etc.
(learning)
539.
disciple,
follower,
apostle,
proselyte;
fellow-student,
condisciple†.
[place of learning]
school
etc.
542.
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Dutch: leerling, student, studerende
Polish: żak, scholar
2 pupil
The contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye; resembles a large black dot.
Dutch: pupil
Polish: źrenica
3 pupil
A young person attending school (up through senior high school).
synonyms: school-age child, schoolchild.
Dutch: pupil
Polish: uczeń, szkolnik, dyscypuł
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