PUPIL

I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~le minor ward, from Anglo-French, from Latin ~lus male ward (from diminutive of pupus boy) & ~la female ward, from diminutive of pupa girl, doll Date: 1536 a child or young person in school or in the charge of a tutor or instructor ; student , one who has been taught or influenced by a famous or distinguished person, II. noun Etymology: Middle French ~le, from Latin ~la, from diminutive of pupa doll; from the tiny image of oneself seen reflected in another's eye Date: 1567 the contractile aperture in the iris of the eye, ~lary adjective