Pupil

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A person under a guardian; a ward.

II. Pupil ·noun A youth or scholar of either sex under the care of an instructor or tutor.

III. Pupil ·noun The aperture in the iris; the sight, apple, or black of the eye. ·see the Note under Eye, and Iris.

IV. Pupil ·noun A boy or a girl under the age of puberty, that is, under fourteen if a male, and under twelve if a female.