tutor

  • 31tutor — I UK [ˈtjuːtə(r)] / US [ˈtutər] noun [countable] Word forms tutor : singular tutor plural tutors ** 1) a teacher in a college or university 2) someone who gives private lessons in a particular subject my daughter s violin tutor II UK [ˈtjuːtə(r)] …

    English dictionary

  • 32tutor —    A professional title used mainly in university circles on formal occasions. Two examples of ‘Tutor’, plus four of ‘my dear Tutor’, occur in The Affair, by C.P.Snow. See also Senior Tutor. Non university examples of ‘tutor’ used as a vocative… …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 33tutor — tu|tor1 [ˈtju:tə US ˈtu:tər] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: tutus; TUTELARY] 1.) someone who gives private lessons to one student or a small group, and is paid directly by them ▪ The children were educated at home by a succession of tutors …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 34tutor — [[t]tju͟ːtə(r), AM tu͟ːt [/t]] tutors, tutoring, tutored 1) N COUNT A tutor is a teacher at a British university or college. In some American universities or colleges, a tutor is a teacher of the lowest rank. He is course tutor in archaeology at… …

    English dictionary

  • 35tutor — tu•tor [[t]ˈtu tər, ˈtyu [/t]] n. 1) edu a person employed to instruct another, esp. privately 2) edu a teacher of academic rank lower than instructor in some American universities and colleges 3) edu (esp. at Oxford and Cambridge) a university… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 36tutor — /t(y)uwter/ One who teaches, usually a private instructor. State ex rel. Veeder v. State Board of Education, 97 Mont. 121, 33 P.2d 516, 522. In the civil law, this term corresponds nearly to guardian (i.e., a person appointed to have the care of… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 37tutor — Derecho. Persona encargada de la defensa, representación y administración de los bienes de un menor o de un incapaz. tutor dativo tutor legítimo tutor testamentario …

    Diccionario de Economía Alkona

  • 38tutor — [14] A tutor is etymologically someone who ‘looks after’ another – indeed, it was originally used for a ‘guardian’ or ‘protector’: ‘The king … behested himself to be a tutor and defender of him and of his’, Foundation of St Bartholomew’s church… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 39tutor — Derecho. Persona encargada de la defensa, representación y administración de los bienes de un menor o de un incapaz. tutor dativo tutor legítimo tutor testamentario …

    Diccionario de Economía

  • 40tutor — noun 1》 a private teacher, typically one who teaches a single pupil or a very small group.     ↘chiefly Brit. a university or college teacher responsible for assigned students.     ↘US an assistant lecturer in a college or university. 2》 Brit. a… …

    English new terms dictionary