tutor

[ too-ter, tyoo- ]

/ ˈtu tər, ˈtyu- /

noun

a person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.

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

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

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

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

verb (used with object)

to act as a tutor to; teach or instruct, especially privately.

to have the guardianship, instruction, or care of.

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

Archaic.

to train, school, or discipline.
to admonish or reprove.

verb (used without object)

to act as a tutor or private instructor.

to study privately with a tutor.

Origin of tutor

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.

Words nearby tutor

tutee, tutelage, tutelary, tutenag, tutiorism, tutor, tutorage, tutoress, tutorial, tutorial system, tutoyer

Example sentences from the Web for tutorship

During this period, however, Buchanan had other occupations besides his tutorship and his literary work.

Royal Edinburgh |Margaret Oliphant
At the age of fourteen he entered Oglethorpe College, where, after graduating with distinction, he held a tutorship.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 2 |Various
He had elected at graduation to pursue post-graduate courses in chemistry and physics, and had recently accepted a tutorship.

The Law-Breakers and Other Stories |Robert Grant
Finally in 1227, Hubert having proclaimed the king of age, dismissed the bishop of Winchester from his tutorship.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 |Various

I made rapid progress with my education under the tutorship of my wife, who would sit up very late at night to teach me.

From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography |George Edwards M.P., O.B.E.

British Dictionary definitions for tutorship

tutor

/ (ˈtjuːtə) /

noun

a teacher, usually instructing individual pupils and often engaged privately

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

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

verb

to act as a tutor to (someone); instruct

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

(intr) mainly US to study under a tutor

(tr) rare to admonish, discipline, or reprimand

Derived forms of tutor

tutorage or tutorship, noun

Word Origin for tutor

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

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

tutor

noun

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

Origin of tutor

synonym study for tutor

OTHER WORDS FROM tutor

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British Dictionary definitions for tutorship

noun

verb

Derived forms of tutor

Word Origin for tutor

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

tutor

noun

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

Origin of tutor

synonym study for tutor

OTHER WORDS FROM tutor

Words nearby tutor

Words related to tutorship

Example sentences from the Web for tutorship

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