n. A youth or any person of either sex under the care of an instructor or tutor; in general, a scholar; a disciple.n. A ward; a youth or person under the care of a guardian.n. In civil law, a person under puberty (fourteen for males, twelve for females), over whom a guardian has been appointed.Under age; in a state of pupilage or nonage; minor.n. The orifice of the iris; the hole or opening in the iris through which light passes.n. In zoology: The central dark part of an ocellated spot. See ocellus, 4.n. A dark, apparently interior, spot seen in the compound eyes of certain insects, and changing in position as it is viewed from different sides.