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See more synonyms for tutor on Thesaurus.com a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor. a teacher of academic rank lower than instructor in some American universities and colleges. a teacher without institutional connection who assists students in preparing for examinations. (especially at Oxford and Cambridge) a university officer, usually a fellow, responsible for teaching and supervising a number of undergraduates. the guardian of a boy or girl below the age of puberty or majority. Show More
to act as a tutor to; teach or instruct, especially privately. to have the guardianship, instruction, or care of. to instruct underhandedly; coach: to tutor a witness before he testifies. Archaic to train, school, or discipline. to admonish or reprove. Show More
verb (used without object) to act as a tutor or private instructor. to study privately with a tutor. Show More
Origin of tutor 1350–1400; Middle English <
Latin tūtor protector, equivalent to
tū- (variant stem of
tuērī to guard; see
tutelage ) +
-tor -tor Related forms tu·tor·less , adjective tu·tor·ship , noun mis·tu·tor , verb sub·tu·tor , noun sub·tu·tor·ship , noun un·der·tu·tor , noun well-tu·tored , adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for tutor lecturer ,
educator ,
instructor ,
teacher ,
mentor ,
educate ,
instruct ,
coach ,
preceptor ,
guardian ,
governor ,
grind ,
teach ,
guide ,
prof ,
discipline ,
school ,
edify ,
direct ,
update Examples from the Web for tutor Contemporary Examples of tutor Her mother was illiterate, but she secured a tutor for both her sons and her daughters, and Juana could read by the age of 3.
Filming in Mexico City, where his tutor would supplement world-history lessons with trips to nearby Aztec ruins.
He was unnerved when he hired a grand master to tutor her in chess and, after a few months of lessons, she started beating Shaw.
Day completely controlled her fate—he was employer, protector, and tutor all rolled into one.
Bialik credits a tutor she had when she was 15 for changing the trajectory of her life.
Historical Examples of tutor I don't apprehend that a young nobleman ever broke his heart after his tutor .
He graduated at Yale college, and was subsequently a tutor in that institution.
He came to Weimar with a tutor to learn German when I happened to be living there.
She was the daughter of his Cambridge tutor —penniless, pretty, and musical.
I had no tutor to direct me or take any of the responsibility off me.
British Dictionary definitions for tutor a teacher, usually instructing individual pupils and often engaged privately (at universities, colleges, etc) a member of staff responsible for the teaching and supervision of a certain number of students Scots law the guardian of a pupil See pupil 1 (def. 2) Show More
to act as a tutor to (someone); instruct (tr) to act as guardian to; have care of (intr) mainly US to study under a tutor (tr) rare to admonish, discipline, or reprimand Show More
Derived Forms tutorage or tutorship , noun Word Origin for tutor C14: from Latin: a watcher, from tuērī to watch over
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Word Origin and History for tutor n. late 14c., "guardian, custodian," from Old French tutour "guardian, private teacher," from Latin tutorem (nominative tutor ) "guardian, watcher," from tutus , variant past participle of tueri "watch over," of unknown origin. Specific sense of "senior boy appointed to help a junior in his studies" is recorded from 1680s.
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v. 1590s, from tutor (n.). Related: Tutored ; tutoring .
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