tutor

Noun · Verb
US[too-ter]/ˈtutɚ/2 syllables
Synonyms: coachprivate instructor

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)tutors

  1. a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.)Synonyms: coachprivate instructorType of teacher, instructorKinds crammer

Verb (2)tutors, tutored, tutoring

  1. be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction“She tutored me in Spanish”More general teach, learn
  2. act as a guardian to someoneMore general relate

Related words tutorial adjective, tutorship noun, tuition noun, guardianship noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Tu′tor noun

Origin: 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.” Vision of 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.

Tu′tor transitive verb [past tense & past participle Tutored; present participle & verbal noun Tutoring.]

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

Their sons are well tutored by you.— William Shakespeare

2. To play the tutor toward; to treat with authority or severity. Joseph Addison

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

TUTOR

A Scripting language on PLATO systems from CDC.

["The TUTOR Language", Bruce Sherwood, Control Data, 1977].

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