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tutorless

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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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Word Origin & History

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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Legal Dictionary

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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