pupil

  1. Noun.  (context, legal) An orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state.
  2. Noun.  A student under the supervision of a teacher or professor.
  3. Noun.  (anatomy) The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina.

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