Thesaurus: tutor

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1. n. One who guards, protects, watches over, or has the care of, some person or thing.
2. n. A treasurer; a keeper.
3. n. One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian.
4. n. A private or public teacher.
5. n. An officer or member of some hall, who instructs students, and is responsible for their discipline.
6. n. An instructor of a lower rank than a professor.
7. v. t. To have the guardianship or care of; to teach; to instruct.
8. v. t. To play the tutor toward; to treat with authority or severity.
9. n. a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.)
10. v. be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction
11. v. act as a guardian to someone
12. One who guards, protects, watches over, or has the care of, some person or thing. Specifically: -- (a) A treasurer; a keeper. "Tutour of your treasure." Piers Plowman. (b) (Civ. Law) One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian. (c) A private or public teacher. (d) (Eng. Universities) An officer or member of some hall, who instructs students, and is responsible for their discipline. (e) (Am. Colleges) An instructor of a lower rank than a professor. 1. To have the guardianship or care of; to teach; to instruct. Their sons are well tutored by you. Shak. 2. To play the tutor toward; to treat with authority or severity. Addison.