tutelage : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tutelage	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for tutelage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tutelage n teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately) Synonym(s): tutelage, tuition, tutorship attention and management implying responsibility for safety; "he is in the care of a bodyguard" Synonym(s): care, charge, tutelage, guardianship
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tutelage \Tu"telage\, n. [L. tutela protection, fr. tutus safe, fr. tueri to watch, defend. Cf. {Tuition}.] 1. The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection; as, the king's right of seigniory and tutelage. The childhood of the European nations was passed under the tutelage* of the clergy. --Macaulay. 2. The state of being under a guardian; care or protection enjoyed. --V. Knox.