tutee

[too-tee, tyoo-]

noun

1. a person who is being tutored; the pupil of a tutor.

tutee

/ tjuːˈtiː /

noun

1. one who is tutored, esp in a university

Word History and Origins

Origin of tutee¹

First recorded in 1925–30; tut(or) + -ee

Example Sentences

“We were invited. By your tutee, the most popular girl in our grade, no less.”

From Literature

But every line tutor instructs tutee to repeat reveals a strange obsession with a toothy predator.

From Time

But, Mr. Duncan discovered, his tutee also was functionally illiterate.

From Washington Post

Sometimes the tutoring can be reciprocal, with pupils alternating as tutor and tutee.

From BBC

The 51-year-old Mr. Bernstein, clad in “Black Watch tartan slacks, a turtleneck shirt and a blue blazer,” was his eager tutee.

From New York Times