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tutee

American

[too-tee, tyoo-] / tuˈti, tyu- /

noun

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

tutee British

/ tjuːˈtiː /

noun

one who is tutored, esp in a university

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Etymology

Origin of tutee

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

Example Sentences

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

From Time • Oct. 9, 2015

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 • Mar. 16, 2011

In the days before meeting Jovon Lee, our tutee, we divided our time between picking out which dorm he'd live in his freshman year at Stanford and determining which wind instrument he should play.

From Time Magazine Archive

I first knew him when he was my tutee at Harvard, and after he finished law school, I took him into the White House, where he soon made himself indispensable.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan

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