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How to pronounce pupil in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms educatee, student
Type of enrollee
Has types art student, auditor, wykehamist, catechumen, college boy, college man, collegian, crammer, withdrawer, etonian, underperformer, ivy leaguer, underachiever, law student, major, medical student, medico, neophyte, nonachiever, nonreader, overachiever, passer, scholar, sixth-former, skipper, seminarian, seminarist
Type Words
Synonyms school-age child, schoolchild
Type of youth, spring chicken, young person, younker
Has types day boarder, boarder, schoolboy, latchkey child
Type Words
Type of aperture
Derivation pupillary

Examples of pupil

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The elder man had taken the boy, the school's first black pupil, under his wing.
From the washingtontimes.com
The Hershey School spends $74,000 annually per pupil for education and boarding.
From the washingtonpost.com
Massimino shared a pre-game hug with his star pupil, Villanova Coach Jay Wright.
From the kentucky.com
Richland Northeast track coach Cory Head does not put that past his young pupil.
From the thestate.com
Racine Unified ranks sixth in total per-pupil spending, according to the report.
From the jsonline.com
In District 220, the yearly operational cost per pupil is approximately $14,000.
From the dailyherald.com
Mr Sandler, a much-loved teacher and former pupil at the school, died instantly.
From the independent.co.uk
They are now being educated at home, and will be placed in pupil referral units.
From the economist.com
Schools receive money on a per pupil basis, and may raise private funds as well.
From the economist.com
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  • Student: a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
  • The contractile aperture in the center of the iris of the eye; resembles a large black dot
  • Schoolchild: a young person attending school (up through senior high school)
  • Pupil is a Filipino rock band composed of Ely Buendia on frontman duties and guitars, Yan Yuzon on lead guitar, Dok Sergio on bass and Wendell Garcia on drums.
  • In an optical system, the entrance pupil is the optical image of the physical aperture stop as 'seen' through the front of the lens system. The corresponding image of the aperture as seen through the back of the lens system is called the exit pupil. ...
  • The Pupil is a short story by Henry James, first published in Longman's Magazine in 1891. It is the emotional story of a precocious young boy growing up in a mendacious and dishonorable family. He befriends his tutor, who is the only adult in his life that he can trust. ...
  • An orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state; A student under the supervision of a teacher or professor
  • The round, dark center of the eye, which opens and closes to regulate the amount of light the retina receives.
  • Latin pupilla = the central black orifice in the iris; adjective - pupillary.