tutor

Noun

1. One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.
2. (UK) A university officer responsible for students in a particular hall.
3. (UK) A homeroom.
4. (Quebec, obsolete) One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian.

Verb

1. (transitive) To instruct or teach, especially an individual or small group.
2. (archaic, transitive) To treat with authority or sternness.

Verb

To fetch a card from one's deck.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtutɚ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: tutour

In summary

From Middle English tutour, from Old French tuteur (French tuteur), from Latin tūtor (“a watcher, protector, guardian”), from tueor (“protect”); see tuition.

Synonyms

teacher

🧑‍🏫

coach

instructor

guardian

instruct

mentor

educator

master

teach

preceptor

train

🚋

trustee

educate

governess

drill

guide

trainer

private instructor

give tuition

assistant

read a lecture

schoolteacher

administrator

lecturer

direct

counsel

helper

give extra classes

pedagogue

pilot

🧑‍✈️

prime

profess

professor

prophet

quartermaster

rede

redirect

refer

rehearse

route

savant

schoolmaster

starboard

steer

supervise

tell off

usher

homeroom teacher

wise up

governer

Translations

tutor

Tutor

tutor

tutor

répétiteur

precettore

opvoeden

Lehrer

preceptor

onderwijzen

tutor

gouverneur

professeur

🧑‍🏫

tutore

précepteur

Sentences

They studied with a private tutor after leaving the school .