tutor

[ too-ter, tyoo- ]
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noun
  1. a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.

  2. a teacher of academic rank lower than instructor in some American universities and colleges.

  1. a teacher without institutional connection who assists students in preparing for examinations.

  2. (especially at Oxford and Cambridge) a university officer, usually a fellow, responsible for teaching and supervising a number of undergraduates.

  3. the guardian of a boy or girl below the age of puberty or majority.

verb (used with object)
  1. to act as a tutor to; teach or instruct, especially privately.

  2. to have the guardianship, instruction, or care of.

  1. to instruct underhandedly; coach: to tutor a witness before he testifies.

  2. Archaic.

    • to train, school, or discipline.

    • to admonish or reprove.

verb (used without object)
  1. to act as a tutor or private instructor.

  2. to study privately with a tutor.

Origin of tutor

1
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.

Other words from tutor

  • 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-tutored, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for tutor

tutor

/ (ˈtjuːtə) /


noun
  1. a teacher, usually instructing individual pupils and often engaged privately

  2. (at universities, colleges, etc) a member of staff responsible for the teaching and supervision of a certain number of students

  1. Scots law the guardian of a pupil: See pupil 1 (def. 2)

verb
  1. to act as a tutor to (someone); instruct

  2. (tr) to act as guardian to; have care of

  1. (intr) mainly US to study under a tutor

  2. (tr) rare to admonish, discipline, or reprimand

Origin of tutor

1
C14: from Latin: a watcher, from tuērī to watch over

Derived forms of tutor

  • tutorage or tutorship, noun

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