pupil
pupil is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 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. -- See Scholar.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abecedarian
- adviser
- alphabetarian
- alumnus
- amateur
- and
- apostle
- apprentice
- articled
- auditor
- bear
- beginner
- catechumen
- chalk
- chela
- class
- clergy
- clerk
- coach
- college
- condisciple
- crammer
- dame
- debutant
- director
- disciple
- disciplinarian
- dominie
- don
- dry
- duenna
- eleve
- example
- expositor
- fellow-commoner
- follower
- for
- form
- fresh
- freshman
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is pupil.
- What is 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 called?
- What is a person under a guardian; a ward. Dryden called?
- What is a boy or a girl under the age of puberty, that is, under fourteen if a male, and under twelve if a female. -- See Scholar called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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