tutor

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He had a tutor, but the tutor was a married man, and had taken lodgings for himself and his wife in one of the farm-houses Laura had no career before her, and no worthy occupation.

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  1. noun A private instructor.
  2. noun One that gives additional, special, or remedial instruction.
  3. noun A teacher or teaching assistant in some universities and colleges having a rank lower than that of an instructor.
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  • Many of the students who worked under the tutor were afraid of him. —  Loren L
  • The two older boys were wrestling with a kite; the tutor was assisting. —  A Gentleman's Honor
  • And that the tutor was not considered to have been wholly free from blame is evident from the fact that the master transferred Milton from Chappell to another tutor, a very unusual proceeding. —  Milton
  • I'm sure having his tutor was the real earthshattering reason for DA's success, HA! —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • Sometimes a tutor is the right answer to a student's struggles at school —  PLUK News feed
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adviser ·  instructor ·  mentor ·  governess ·  chaplain ·  professor ·  clergyman ·  physician ·  schoolmaster ·  guardian ·  secretary ·  nurse

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tutor:   tutors ·  tutoring ·  tutored
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English tutour, from Old French, from Latin tūtor, from tūtus, variant past participle of tuērī, to guard.

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  1. Early modern English also tutour, tuter; from Middle English tutour, from Old French tuteur, French tuteur = Spanish Portuguese tutor = Italian tutore, from Latin tutor, a watcher, protector, guardian, from tueri, protect: see tuition. In the legal sense the word is directly from the L. tutor.
  2. from tutor, n.
 

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/ˈtjutər/
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