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tu⋅tor

  [too-ter, tyoo-]
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–noun
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.
–verb (used with object)
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.
a. to train, school, or discipline.
b. to admonish or reprove.
–verb (used without object)
10. to act as a tutor or private instructor.
11. to study privately with a tutor.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L tūtor protector, equiv. to tū- (var. s. of tuērī to guard; see tutelage ) + -tor -tor

Related forms:
tu⋅tor⋅less, adjective
tu⋅tor⋅ship, noun

Synonyms:
6. See teach.
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tu·tor   (tōō'tər, tyōō'-)   
n.  
    1. A private instructor.
    2. One that gives additional, special, or remedial instruction.
  2. A teacher or teaching assistant in some universities and colleges having a rank lower than that of an instructor.
  3. A graduate, usually a fellow, responsible for the supervision of an undergraduate at some British universities.
  4. Law The legal guardian of a minor and of the minor's property.
v.   tu·tored, tu·tor·ing, tu·tors

v.   tr.
  1. To act as a tutor to; instruct or teach privately.
  2. To have the guardianship, tutelage, or care of.
v.   intr.
  1. To function as a tutor.
  2. To be instructed by a tutor; study under a tutor.

[Middle English tutour, from Old French, from Latin tūtor, from tūtus, variant past participle of tuērī, to guard.]
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Tutor

Tu"tor\, n. [OE. tutour, L. tutor, fr. tueri to watch, defend: cf. F. tuteur. Cf. Tuition.] One who guards, protects, watches over, or has the care of, some person or thing. Specifically: (a) A treasurer; a keeper. "Tutour of your treasure." --Piers Plowman. (b) (Civ. Law) One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian. (c) A private or public teacher. (d) (Eng. Universities) An officer or member of some hall, who instructs students, and is responsible for their discipline. (e) (Am. Colleges) An instructor of a lower rank than a professor.

Tutor

Tu"tor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tutored; p. pr. & vb. n. Tutoring.]

1. To have the guardianship or care of; to teach; to instruct.

Their sons are well tutored by you. --Shak.

2. To play the tutor toward; to treat with authority or severity. --Addison.
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Language Translation for : tutor
Spanish: tutor,
German: der, *die Tutor(in),
Japanese: 指導教員
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tutor 
1377, "guardian, custodian," from O.Fr. tutour "guardian, private teacher," from L. tutorem (nom. tutor) "guardian, watcher," from tutus, variant pp. of tueri "watch over," of unknown origin. Specific sense of "senior boy appointed to help a junior in his studies" is recorded from 1689. The verb is attested from 1592; tutorial (adj.) is recorded from 1742; as a noun it is attested from 1923.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: tu·tor
Pronunciation: 'tü-t&r, 'tyü-t&r
Function: noun
in the civil law of Louisiana : a guardian of a minor or sometimes of a person with mental retardation —compare COMMITTEE, CONSERVATOR, CURATOR —tu·tor·ship noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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TUTOR
A Scripting language on PLATO systems from CDC.
["The TUTOR Language", Bruce Sherwood, Control Data, 1977].

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