tutor : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tutor	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for tutor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tutor n a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.) Synonym(s): coach, private instructor, tutor v be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction; "She tutored me in Spanish" act as a guardian to someone
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tutor \Tu"tor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tutored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tutoring}.] 1. To have the guardianship or care of; to teach; to instruct. Their sons are well tutored by you. --Shak. 2. To play the tutor toward; to treat with authority or severity. --Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tutor \Tu"tor\, n. [OE. tutour, L. tutor, fr. tueri to watch, defend: cf. F. tuteur. Cf. {Tuition}.] One who guards, protects, watches over, or has the care of, some person or thing. Specifically: (a) A treasurer; a keeper. [bd]Tutour of your treasure.[b8] --Piers Plowman. (b) (Civ. Law) One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian. (c) A private or public teacher. (d) (Eng. Universities) An officer or member of some hall, who instructs students, and is responsible for their discipline. (e) (Am. Colleges) An instructor of a lower rank than a professor.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
TUTOR A Scripting language on {PLATO} systems from {CDC}. ["The TUTOR Language", Bruce Sherwood, Control Data, 1977].