Pu"pil, n. [F. pupille, n. masc.
& fem., L. pupillus, pupilla, dim. of pupus boy,
pupa girl. See Puppet, and cf. Pupil of the eye.]
1. A youth or scholar of either sex under the
care of an instructor or tutor.
Too far in years to be a pupil now.
Shak.
Tutors should behave reverently before their
pupils.
L'Estrange.
2. A person under a guardian; a ward.
Dryden.
3. (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.
Syn. -- Learner; disciple; tyro. -- See Scholar.
Pu"pil (?), 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.
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.