tutor
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English tutour < Old French tuteur (French tuteur) < Latin tutor (“‘a watcher, protector, guardian’”) < tueri (“‘to protect’”); see tuition.
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- Rhymes: -uːtə(r)
[edit] Noun
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tutor (plural tutors)
- One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.
- He passed the difficult class with help from his tutor.
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to tutor (third-person singular simple present tutors, present participle tutoring, simple past and past participle tutored)
- (transitive) To instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group.
- To help pay her tuition, the college student began to tutor high school students in calculus and physics.
[edit] Translations
to instruct or teach, especially to an individual or small group
[edit] External links
- tutor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- tutor in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

