Etymology
Origin of tutorage
Example Sentences
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He saw a good deal of Mr. Keene, who, as Alice gathered from various remarks in Richard's letters, exercised over him a sort of tutorage.
From Demos by George Gissing
It was from such tough fibres that the British navy was built; those strenuous days of constant conflict and privateering were a grand tutorage for seamen, though not unexceptionable from a moral standpoint.
From The Cornwall Coast by Arthur L. (Arthur Leslie) Salmon
That he was still under the tutorage and direction of that gentleman, who advanced him small sums from time to time upon this security, at the rate of fifty per cent.
From The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett
Keineth, under Peggy's tutorage, was faithfully practicing at tennis, spending much time volleying balls back and forth across the net and trying to understand the technic of the game.
From Keineth by Jane Abbott
He wore the same gown as the others, and his tutorage, etc. was no higher; but there was nothing servile in his situation."—"
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall
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