tutor

One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.

Noun

  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. A university officer responsible for students in a particular hall.
  3. A homeroom.
  4. One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian.

Origin

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

Forms

tutors tutour

Synonyms

preceptor

Related

intuition tuition tutelage tutelar tutelary tutorial

Noun Entry 2

  1. A card that allows one to search one's deck for one or more other cards.
    • here are some tutor cards i thought would be interesting. - 1998 April 5, [email protected], “tutor ideas”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.misc (Usenet), retrieved 09 May 2019, message-ID...

Origin

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

Forms

tutors tutour

Verb Entry 3

  1. 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. To treat with authority or sternness.

Forms

tutors tutoring tutored tutour

Derived

cotutor cybertutor e-tutor mistutor nontutor nontutored overtutor subtutor teletutor tutee tutorage tutorer tutoress tutorhood tutorism tutorize tutorless tutorly tutorship tutress tutrix undertutor untutored

Verb Entry 4

  1. To fetch a card from one's deck.
    • Any instant that you move to the board can *only* be tutored for with Cunning Wish. - 2002, David Seiler, “Type I -- What do you think about Wishes and how do you plan to break them?”, in...

Forms

tutors tutoring tutored tutour

Wikipedia

Magic: The Gathering