Tutor
['tjuːtə] or ['tʊtɚ]
Definition
(verb.) be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction; 'She tutored me in Spanish'.
(verb.) act as a guardian to someone.
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Definition
(n.) One who guards, protects, watches over, or has the care of, some person or thing.
(n.) A treasurer; a keeper.
(n.) One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian.
(n.) A private or public teacher.
(n.) An officer or member of some hall, who instructs students, and is responsible for their discipline.
(n.) An instructor of a lower rank than a professor.
(v. t.) To have the guardianship or care of; to teach; to instruct.
(v. t.) To play the tutor toward; to treat with authority or severity.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. (Law.) Guardian.[2]. Teacher, instructor, master, preceptor, school-master.
v. a. [1]. Teach, instruct.[2]. Discipline, train, bring under control.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Guardian, governor, instructor, teacher, preceptor, professor, master, savant
ANT:Ward, pupil, scholar, student, disciple, learner, tyro
Editor: Tamara
Definition
n. one who looks to or takes care of: one who has charge of the education of another: one who hears the lessons of and examines students: a teacher: (Scots law) a guardian of the person as well as of the estate of a boy under fourteen or girl under twelve:—fem. Tū′toress.—v.t to instruct: to treat with authority or sternness.—n. Tū′torage the office or authority of a tutor: education as by a tutor.—adj. Tutō′rial belonging to or exercised by a tutor.—adv. Tutō′rially.—ns. Tū′toring; Tū′torism Tū′torship; Tū′trix a female guardian.
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Examples
- That young tutor is an interesting fellow: we had some awfully good talk after dinner about books and things, he threw out tentatively in the hansom. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I have encountered her looks and smiles like--why, like a tutor, as I am. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- In this age, he would have been a Professor; in that age, he was a Tutor. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Please start it, Mr. Brooke, said Kate, with a commanding air, which surprised Meg, who treated the tutor with as much respect as any other gentleman. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- His tutor placed him in a chair; his lips were quivering, his eyes brimming. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The tutor and pupil were silent. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She would just give me something to do, to rectify--a theme for my tutor lectures. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But you tutors are such solemn chaps; it is almost like speaking to a parson to consult with you. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Their son, Percival, had been born abroad, and had been educated there by private tutors. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Parents and tutors are always telling their sons and their wards that they are to be just; but why? Plato. The Republic.
- Aristotle was but one of the several able tutors his father chose for him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Tutors also have rather a hard time of it there, as I know to my sorrow. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- People don't have French tutors: what does he want to do? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Thank God, I have done with private tutors! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It was because of that that I abandoned journalism, and took to so much duller work: tutoring and private secretaryship. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I had tutored myself, and was resolved by no outward sign to disclose my internal agitation. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The poor girls were tutored to report in Catholic ears whatever the Protestant teacher said. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I remember, though, she told me once she had tutored her thoughts to tend upwards to heaven. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The fragrance of the late blossoms seemed an emanation of the tranquil scene, a landscape tutored to the last degree of rural elegance. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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