Tutor

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tutor \Tu"tor\, n. [OE. tutour, L. tutor, fr. tueri to watch,
     defend: cf. F. tuteur. Cf. {Tuition}.]
     One who guards, protects, watches over, or has the care of,
     some person or thing. Specifically: 
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     (a) A treasurer; a keeper. "Tutour of your treasure." --Piers


         Plowman.
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     (b) (Civ. Law) One who has the charge of a child or pupil and
         his estate; a guardian.
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     (c) A private or public teacher.
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     (d) (Eng. Universities) An officer or member of some hall,
         who instructs students, and is responsible for their
         discipline.
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     (e) (Am. Colleges) An instructor of a lower rank than a
         professor.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tutor \Tu"tor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tutored}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Tutoring}.]
     1. To have the guardianship or care of; to teach; to
        instruct.
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              Their sons are well tutored by you.   --Shak.
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     2. To play the tutor toward; to treat with authority or
        severity. --Addison.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tutor
       n : a person who gives private instruction (as in singing or
           acting) [syn: {coach}, {private instructor}]
       v 1: be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction; "She
            tutored me in Spanish"
       2: act as a guardian to someone

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "tutor":
     Privatdocent, Privatdozent, advise, assistant, assistant professor,
     associate, associate professor, coach, coacher, cram,
     cram with facts, crammer, direct, drill, educate, educator,
     emeritus, enlighten, ground, guide, guru, indoctrinate, instruct,
     instructor, lecturer, mentor, prepare, prime, private instructor,
     professor, professor emeritus, reader, retired professor, school,
     stuff with knowledge, teach, teacher, train, tutorer,
     visiting professor
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  TUTOR
       
          A Scripting language on {PLATO} systems from {CDC}.
       
          ["The TUTOR Language", Bruce Sherwood, Control Data, 1977].
       
       

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  TUTOR, civil law. A person who has been lawfully appointed to the care of 
  the person and property of a minor. 
       2. By the laws of Louisiana minors under the age of fourteen years, if 
  males, and under the age of twelve years, if females, are both, as to their 
  persons and their estates, placed under the authority of a tutor. Civ. Code, 
  art. 263. Above that age, and until their, majority or emancipation, they 
  are placed under the authority of a curator. Ibid.