tutor /tūˈtər/ noun- A private instructor or coach
- A person who helps a boy or girl with lessons
- A college officer who has supervision of an undergraduate
- A college teacher who instructs by conference with a small group of students
- An instruction book
- A guardian
- A guardian of the person and estate of a boy under fourteen, or girl under twelve (Scots law)
transitive verb- To act as tutor to
- To instruct
- To coach
- To control
- To discipline
ORIGIN: L tūtor, -ōris a guardian, from tuērī to look to tuteeˈ noun A person who is tutored tuˈtorage noun - Tutorship
- Tutoring
- Charge for tutoring
- Tutelage (obsolete)
tuˈtoress or tuˈtress noun (archaic; also obsolete tuˈtrix) A female tutor tutorial /tū-tōˈri-əl or -töˈ/ adjective Of a tutor noun- A study meeting between one or more students and a college tutor
- A lesson to be worked through by a learner at his or her own pace
tutoˈrially adverb tuˈtoring noun tuˈtorism noun tuˈtorize or tuˈtorise transitive verb and intransitive verb tuˈtorship noun |