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tutor

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  Their  sons  are  well  tutored  by  you  --Shak. 
 
  2.  To  play  the  tutor  toward;  to  treat  with  authority  or 
  severity.  --Addison. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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: 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [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:  as  as  a  guardian  to  someone 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  TUTOR 
 
  A  Scripting  language  on  {PLATO}  systems  from  {CDC}. 
 
  ["The  TUTOR  Language",  Bruce  Sherwood,  Control  Data,  1977].




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