pupil
/ˈpjuːpəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.81 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A learner at a school under the supervision of a teacher.
Example Sentences
- "The Pupil after his Pupillarity, had granted a Diſcharge to one of the Co-tutors, which did extinguiſh the whole Debt of that Co-tutor, and conſequently of all the reſt, they being all correi debendi, lyable by one individual Obligation, which cannot be Diſcharged as to one, and ſtand as to all the reſt."
- "All of these different methods of teaching elementary reading were successful for some pupils, unsuccessful for others."
- "The bell which called the pupils to their lessons can still be seen on the roof."
- "Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting."
- "Plato was Socrates' pupil, and in turn Aristotle was Plato's pupil."
- "I understand; it’s because I seem to you to be a worse pupil than the judges in court, because obviously you’ll demonstrate to them that the sorts of things your father did are unjust and hated by all the gods."
Etymology
From Middle English pupille, from Anglo-Norman pupille (“orphan”), from Latin pūpillus (“orphan, minor”), variant of pūpulus (“little boy”), from pūpus (“child, boy”).