private pupil

  • 1private — [[t]pra͟ɪvɪt[/t]] ♦♦ privates 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n Private industries and services are owned or controlled by an individual person or a commercial company, rather than by the state or an official organization. ...a joint venture with private… …

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  • 2Private school — For the film of the same name, see Private School (film). Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools,[1] are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their… …

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  • 3pupil — pupil1 pupilless, adj. /pyooh peuhl/, n. 1. a person, usually young, who is learning under the close supervision of a teacher at school, a private tutor, or the like; student. 2. Civil Law. an orphaned or emancipated minor under the care of a… …

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  • 4Pupil master — A pupil master (or pupilmaster or pupil master) is an experienced barrister who takes charge of the training of a newly called barrister. Barristers are called to the Bar at an early stage in their career, after completing the Bar Vocational… …

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  • 5pupil — noun 1 (esp. BrE) child in school ADJECTIVE ▪ able, bright, good, star ▪ Daniel is the star pupil at school. ▪ disruptive, unruly …

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  • 6private school — noun a school established and controlled privately and supported by endowment and tuition (Freq. 3) • Hypernyms: ↑school • Hyponyms: ↑seminary, ↑day school, ↑boarding school * * * noun, pl ⋯ schools [count] : a school that does …

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  • 7Private's Progress — Infobox Film name = Private s Progress director = John Boulting writer = Alan Hackney (novel) John Boulting Frank Harvey starring = Ian Carmichael Richard Attenborough Dennis Price Terry Thomas Miles Malleson William Hartnell producer = Roy… …

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  • 8pupil — I pu•pil [[t]ˈpyu pəl[/t]] n. edu a person, usu. young, who is learning under the supervision of a teacher at school or a private tutor; student • Etymology: 1350–1400; pupille < MF < L pūpillus (masc.), pūpilla (fem.) orphan, ward,… …

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  • 9private — adj. Private is used with these nouns: ↑accommodation, ↑account, ↑act, ↑address, ↑affair, ↑agency, ↑aircraft, ↑airline, ↑anguish, ↑apartment, ↑archive, ↑army …

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  • 10pupil — / pju:pFl/ noun (C) 1 especially BrE someone who is being taught, especially a child: This school has about pupils. | I teach private pupils on Wednesdays. 2 the small black round area in the middle of your eye …

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