[too-ter, tyoo-] 
| 1. | a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, esp. a private instructor. |
| 2. | a teacher of academic rank lower than instructor in some American universities and colleges. |
| 3. | a teacher without institutional connection who assists students in preparing for examinations. |
| 4. | (esp. at Oxford and Cambridge) a university officer, usually a fellow, responsible for teaching and supervising a number of undergraduates. |
| 5. | the guardian of a boy or girl below the age of puberty or majority. |
| 6. | to act as a tutor to; teach or instruct, esp. privately. |
| 7. | to have the guardianship, instruction, or care of. |
| 8. | to instruct underhandedly; coach: to tutor a witness before he testifies. |
| 9. | Archaic.
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| 10. | to act as a tutor or private instructor. |
| 11. | to study privately with a tutor. |
| tu·tor (tōō'tər, tyōō'-) n.
v. tr.
[Middle English tutour, from Old French, from Latin tūtor, from tūtus, variant past participle of tuērī, to guard.] |
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