tutor

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.4.2 External links

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English tutour < Old French tuteur (French tuteur) < Latin tutor (“‘a watcher, protector, guardian’”) < tueri (“‘to protect’”); see tuition.

[edit] Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -uːtə(r)

[edit] Noun

tutor (plural tutors)

1. 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.

[edit] Derived terms

• tutee
• tutorship

[edit] Related terms

• tuition
• tutelage
• tutelar
• tutelary
• tutorial

[edit] Verb

to tutor (third-person singular simple present tutors, present participle tutoring, simple past and past participle tutored)

1. (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.

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[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