Pupil vs Salopian - What's the difference?
pupil | salopian |
(legal, obsolete) An orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state.
(senseid)A student under the supervision of a teacher or professor.
* 1668 December 19, , “Mr.'' Alexander Seaton ''contra'' Menzies” in ''The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683),
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Peter Wilby)
, volume=189, issue=6, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= (anatomy) The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina.
A person from Shropshire.
*1723 , Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury , I:
*:I find her Recorded a SALOPIAN'' , and that the good Town of ''SHREWSBURY boasts the Honour of her Birth.
A pupil of
(British) of or from Shropshire
(British, chiefly, Shropshire) of or from Shrewsbury
As nouns the difference between pupil and salopian
is that pupil is (legal|obsolete) an orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state or pupil can be (anatomy) the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina while salopian is a person from shropshire.As an adjective salopian is
(british) of or from shropshire.pupil
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)page 575
- The Pupil after his Pupillarity, had granted a Di?charge to one of the Co-tutors, which did extingui?h the whole Debt of that Co-tutor, and con?equently of all the re?t, they being all correi debendi , lyable by one individual Obligation, which cannot be Di?charged as to one, and ?tand as to all the re?t.
Finland spreads word on schools, passage=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.}}
Etymology 2
(wikipedia pupil) From (etyl) pupille, from (etyl) , named because of the small reflected image seen when looking into someone's eye.Noun
(en noun)- Why did your pupils dilate when you saw me topless? Do you like me or something?