See Also: tutor(dictionary)
tutor 1, noun(dictionary)
tutor 2, verb(dictionary)
TUTOR, civil law(law)
TUTOR ALIENUS, Eng(law)
TUTOR PROPERTUS(law)
UNDER-TUTOR, law of Louisiana(law)

tutor (iou)



tutor noun & verb. LME.
[Anglo-Norman, Old French tutour (mod. tuteur) or Latin tutor, from tut- pa. ppl stem of tueri watch, look after, protect: see -OR.]
A. noun.
A custodian, a keeper; a protector, a defender. LME-E17.
A person having custody of a ward, a guardian (now only Roman & Scots Law). Also spec. (Scots Law), the guardian, representative, and administrator of the estate of a person legally incapable. LME.
A privately employed teacher of an individual, esp. one in general charge of a pupil's education. LME.
R. Godden Samuel had engaged a tutor to coach..his sons.
A teacher in a university, college, etc., responsible for supervising orig. the general conduct and now usu. the academic work of an assigned student or students. E17.
moral tutor: see MORAL adjective. senior tutor: see SENIOR adjective.
Oxford Today He became a Fellow of Oriel and tutor in law.
A book of instruction in any subject, now esp. the playing of a musical instrument. M17.
In some English public schools: a senior appointed to help a junior's studies; a master responsible for the supervision of a particular pupil. L17.
b. verb.
verb trans. Act as a tutor towards; teach or instruct (in a subject), esp. on an individual basis. L16.
H. Carpenter He began to tutor undergraduates in mathematics. Modern Maturity Retired professionals..volunteer to tutor..students who've failed. absol.: P. Fitzgerald Rooms..in Jesus, where he tutored in experimental physics.
verb trans. Instruct or train under discipline, school; discipline; restrain. Also, admonish, reprove. L16.
F. D. Maurice Seneca..had tutored himself to endure personal injuries.
verb trans. Instruct (a person) in a course of action; spec. illicitly influence or tamper with (a witness or evidence). E17.
C. Butler Emissaries were employed, witnesses tutored,..and even torture applied.
verb intrans. Study under a tutor. US. E20.
tutordom noun (rare) = TUTORSHIP 1 M19.
tutorer noun (rare) E18.
tutorhood noun (rare) = TUTORSHIP 1 M18.
tutorize verb trans. = TUTOR verb 1 E17.
tutorless adjective E17.
tutorly adjective (rare) of or pertaining to a tutor; resembling or befitting a tutor: E17.
tutress noun = TUTORESS L16.