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English

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Etymology 1

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

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Noun

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tutor (plural tutors)

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

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tutor (third-person singular simple present tutors, present participle tutoring, simple past and past participle tutored)

  1. (transitive) To instruct or teach, especially an individual or small group.
    To help pay her tuition, the college student began to tutor high school students in calculus and physics.
  2. (transitive, archaic) To treat with authority or sternness.
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Etymology 2

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Ellipsis of Demonic tutor, name of an early Magic: The Gathering card with this effect.

Noun

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tutor (plural tutors)

  1. (collectible card games) A card that allows one to search one's deck for one or more other cards.
    • 1998 April 5, kc...@pcmagic.com, “tutor ideas”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.misc[1] (Usenet), retrieved 9 May 2019, message-ID <<35271e02.1847089@news.pcmagic.net>>:
      here are some tutor cards i thought would be interesting.

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tutor (third-person singular simple present tutors, present participle tutoring, simple past and past participle tutored)

  1. (collectible card games) To fetch a card from one's deck.
    • 2002, David Seiler, “Type I -- What do you think about Wishes and how do you plan to break them?”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy[2] (Usenet):
      Any instant that you move to the board can *only* be tutored for with Cunning Wish.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin tūtōrem.

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    tutor m (plural tutors, feminine tutora, feminine plural tutores)

    1. tutor (teacher)
    2. guardian (person responsible for another)
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    Chinese

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    Etymology 1

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    From English tutor.

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    tutor

    1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) tutor (one who teaches)

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    From clipping of English tutorial.

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    tutor

    1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang) tutorial
      tutor [Cantonese]  ―  soeng5 tiu6 to1 [Jyutping]  ―  to attend tutorial class

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    Finnish

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈtu(ː)tor/, [ˈt̪u(ː)t̪o̞r]
    • Rhymes: -utor
    • Syllabification(key): tu‧tor
    • Hyphenation(key): tu‧tor

    Noun

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    tutor

    1. alternative form of tuutori

    Declension

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    Inflection of tutor (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
    nominative tutor tutorit
    genitive tutorin tutorien
    tutoreiden
    tutoreitten
    partitive tutoria tutoreita
    tutoreja
    illative tutoriin tutoreihin
    singular plural
    nominative tutor tutorit
    accusative nom. tutor tutorit
    gen. tutorin
    genitive tutorin tutorien
    tutoreiden
    tutoreitten
    partitive tutoria tutoreita
    tutoreja
    inessive tutorissa tutoreissa
    elative tutorista tutoreista
    illative tutoriin tutoreihin
    adessive tutorilla tutoreilla
    ablative tutorilta tutoreilta
    allative tutorille tutoreille
    essive tutorina tutoreina
    translative tutoriksi tutoreiksi
    abessive tutoritta tutoreitta
    instructive tutorein
    comitative See the possessive forms below.
    Possessive forms of tutor (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
    first-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative tutorini tutorini
    accusative nom. tutorini tutorini
    gen. tutorini
    genitive tutorini tutorieni
    tutoreideni
    tutoreitteni
    partitive tutoriani tutoreitani
    tutorejani
    inessive tutorissani tutoreissani
    elative tutoristani tutoreistani
    illative tutoriini tutoreihini
    adessive tutorillani tutoreillani
    ablative tutoriltani tutoreiltani
    allative tutorilleni tutoreilleni
    essive tutorinani tutoreinani
    translative tutorikseni tutoreikseni
    abessive tutorittani tutoreittani
    instructive
    comitative tutoreineni
    second-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative tutorisi tutorisi
    accusative nom. tutorisi tutorisi
    gen. tutorisi
    genitive tutorisi tutoriesi
    tutoreidesi
    tutoreittesi
    partitive tutoriasi tutoreitasi
    tutorejasi
    inessive tutorissasi tutoreissasi
    elative tutoristasi tutoreistasi
    illative tutoriisi tutoreihisi
    adessive tutorillasi tutoreillasi
    ablative tutoriltasi tutoreiltasi
    allative tutorillesi tutoreillesi
    essive tutorinasi tutoreinasi
    translative tutoriksesi tutoreiksesi
    abessive tutorittasi tutoreittasi
    instructive
    comitative tutoreinesi
    first-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative tutorimme tutorimme
    accusative nom. tutorimme tutorimme
    gen. tutorimme
    genitive tutorimme tutoriemme
    tutoreidemme
    tutoreittemme
    partitive tutoriamme tutoreitamme
    tutorejamme
    inessive tutorissamme tutoreissamme
    elative tutoristamme tutoreistamme
    illative tutoriimme tutoreihimme
    adessive tutorillamme tutoreillamme
    ablative tutoriltamme tutoreiltamme
    allative tutorillemme tutoreillemme
    essive tutorinamme tutoreinamme
    translative tutoriksemme tutoreiksemme
    abessive tutorittamme tutoreittamme
    instructive
    comitative tutoreinemme
    second-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative tutorinne tutorinne
    accusative nom. tutorinne tutorinne
    gen. tutorinne
    genitive tutorinne tutorienne
    tutoreidenne
    tutoreittenne
    partitive tutorianne tutoreitanne
    tutorejanne
    inessive tutorissanne tutoreissanne
    elative tutoristanne tutoreistanne
    illative tutoriinne tutoreihinne
    adessive tutorillanne tutoreillanne
    ablative tutoriltanne tutoreiltanne
    allative tutorillenne tutoreillenne
    essive tutorinanne tutoreinanne
    translative tutoriksenne tutoreiksenne
    abessive tutorittanne tutoreittanne
    instructive
    comitative tutoreinenne

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    Indonesian

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    Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English tutor, from Middle English tutour, from Old French tuteur (French tuteur), from Latin tūtor (a watcher, protector, guardian), tueor (protect).

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    Noun

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    tutor (plural tutor-tutor or para tutor)

    1. tutor
      1. one who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.
      2. a university officer responsible for students in a particular hall.

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    Latin

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    Etymology 1

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    From tueor +‎ -tor, via the old past participle tūtus (later replaced by tuitus).

    Noun

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    tūtor m (genitive tūtōris, feminine tūtrīx); third declension

    1. watcher, protector, defender
    2. guardian (of minors)
    3. tutor
    Declension
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    Third-declension noun.

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    Etymology 2

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    From tueor +‎ -tō, via the old past participle tūtus (later replaced by tuitus).

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    Verb

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    tūtor (present infinitive tūtārī or tūtārier, perfect active tūtātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

    1. to guard, protect, defend
      Synonyms: prōtegō, dēfendō, vindicō, salvō, cū̆stōdiō, sospitō, praeservō, arceō, servō, tegō, adsum, tueor, sustineō, teneō, adimō, prohibeō, mūniō, ēripiō
      Antonyms: immineō, īnstō, obiectō
    2. to ward off, avert
    Conjugation
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    1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

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    • Insular Romance:
    • Italo-Romance:
    • Northern Gallo-Romance:
      • Franco-Provençal: tuar
      • Old French: tuer (see there for further descendants)
    • Southern Gallo-Romance:
    • Vulgar Latin: *adtūtāre, *distūtāre,*extūtāre (see there for further descendants)

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    • tutor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • tutor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "tutor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • tutor”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • tutor”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

    Polish

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English tutor, from Middle English tutour, from Old French tuteur, from Latin tūtor, from tueor.

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    tutor m pers

    1. tutor (university officer responsible for students in a particular hall)
    2. (archaic) tutor (one who teaches another in a one-on-one or small-group interaction)

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    adjective

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    • tutor”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[4] (in Polish)

    Portuguese

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    Etymology

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      Learned borrowing from Latin tūtōrem.

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      • Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
      • Hyphenation: tu‧tor

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      tutor m (plural tutores, feminine tutora, feminine plural tutoras)

      1. tutor (one who teaches in a one-on-one or small-group interaction)
      2. (law) guardian (person legally responsible for a minor or incompetent person)
      3. (neologism) pet owner
        Synonym: dono

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      Serbo-Croatian

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Latin tutor.

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      • IPA(key): /tûːtor/
      • Hyphenation: tu‧tor

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      tȗtor m anim (Cyrillic spelling ту̑тор)

      1. tutor
      2. guardian

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      Declension of tutor
      singular plural
      nominative tutor tutori
      genitive tutora tutora
      dative tutoru tutorima
      accusative tutora tutore
      vocative tutore tutori
      locative tutoru tutorima
      instrumental tutorom tutorima

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      • tutor”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

      Spanish

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      Etymology

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        Borrowed from Latin tutorem.

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        • IPA(key): /tuˈtoɾ/ [t̪uˈt̪oɾ]
        • Rhymes: -oɾ
        • Syllabification: tu‧tor

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        tutor m (plural tutores, feminine tutora, feminine plural tutoras)

        1. guardian (person responsible for another)
          padre, madre o tutor legalparent or legal guardian
        2. tutor
        3. teacher (at a school)
        4. (Spain) (US) homeroom teacher, (UK) form teacher
        5. (horticulture) trellis
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        Swedish

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        Noun

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        tutor

        1. indefinite plural of tuta