tutor

[ too-ter, tyoo- ]

/ ˈtu tər, ˈtyu- /

noun

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.

verb (used with object)

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.

verb (used without object)

to act as a tutor or private instructor.

to study privately with a tutor.

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Origin of tutor

1350–1400; Middle English <Latin tūtor protector, equivalent to tū- (variant stem of tuērī to guard; see tutelage) + -tor-tor

synonym study for tutor

6. See teach.

Example sentences from the Web for tutor

I took on work in the evenings tutoring wealthy high-school students in math.
Did My Education Cost Too Much?|Jessica Feldman|September 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Today, more offer mentoring programs, tutoring, and extra counseling to help ease the transition.
The College Admissions Crash|Kathleen Kingsbury|August 23, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Merryman, a lawyer turned writer/editor and operator of a tutoring program for inner-city kids, does not have children of her own.
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But the tutoring sections were only for the "plutes" or the athletes, many of whom were subsidized by fraternities or alumni.
The Plastic Age|Percy Marks

Through your management and your tutoring has that been done.
The Captiva and The Mostellaria|Plautus
Another professor explained that he got his clothes by tutoring dull students, another by book reviewing.
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Here he supported himself by tutoring, and by writing for electrical magazines and for a daily paper.
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Although a Roman Catholic priest he lived for a time at Cambridge where he did some tutoring.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II)|Augustus de Morgan

British Dictionary definitions for tutor

tutor

/ (ˈtjuːtə) /

noun

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 pupilSee pupil 1 (def. 2)

verb

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

Derived forms of tutor

tutorage or tutorship, noun

Word Origin for tutor

C14: from Latin: a watcher, from tuērī to watch over

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