[pu.pil] n [ME pupille minor ward, fr. MF, fr. L pupillus male ward (fr. dim. of pupus boy) & pupilla female ward, fr. dim. of pupa girl, doll] (1536) 1: a child or young person in school or in the charge of a tutor or instructor: student
2: one who has been taught or influenced by a famous or distinguished person
[2]pupil n [MF pupille, fr. L pupilla, fr. dim. of pupa doll; fr. the tiny image of oneself seen reflected in another's eye] (1567): the contractile aperture in the iris of the eye -- pu.pil.lary adj