pupil
[noun]
Synonyms: learner, beginner, disciple, novice, schoolboy or schoolgirl, student

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English Thesaurus: student, pupil, schoolchild, schoolboy/schoolgirl, learner, ...

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pu‧pil S2 W1 /ˈpjuːpəl/ noun [countable]
[Sense 1: Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: pupille, from Latin pupillus 'young boy who is looked after', from pupus 'boy']
[Sense 2: Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: pupille, from Latin pupilla, from pupa 'girl, doll'; because of the small image of yourself which you can see in someone else's eye]

1. especially British English someone who is being taught, especially a child:
About 20 pupils study music here.
staff and pupils
a star pupil (=a very good one)
a third-grade pupil

2. the small black round area in the middle of your eye ⇒ iris

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pupil
noun
I. child in school
ADJ. able, bright, good, star | first-year, second-year, etc. | older, senior | younger | disruptive | ex-, former | private | school | primary, secondary
VERB + PUPIL teach | exclude, expel
PUPIL + NOUN attendance, numbers | assessment | performance | behaviour

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pupil
II. of the eye
ADJ. dilated, enlarged
VERB + PUPIL dilate
PUPIL + VERB dilate

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student someone who is studying at a university or school. In British English, student is not usually used to refer to a child at primary school:
a student at Moscow University
How many students are there in your class?
The university has a lot of overseas students.
Most schools have special classes for students with learning difficulties.
pupil especially British English someone who is being taught in a particular school or by a particular teacher:
The school has 300 pupils.
He received a letter from one of his former pupils.
schoolchild a child who goes to school:
The play was performed by a group of local schoolchildren.
schoolboy/schoolgirl especially British English a boy or girl who goes to school – used especially when talking about how they behave, or that time in someone’s life:
They were behaving like naughty schoolgirls.
When he was a schoolboy, no one had heard of computers.
He blushed at her like a schoolboy.
learner someone who is learning a foreign language:
Learners often have problems with pronunciation.
a book for foreign learners of English

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