| n. | 1. | One who guards, protects, watches over, or has the care of, some person or thing. |
| 2. | A treasurer; a keeper. | |
| 3. | (Civ. Law) One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian. | |
| 4. | A private or public teacher. | |
| 5. | (Eng. Universities) An officer or member of some hall, who instructs students, and is responsible for their discipline. | |
| 6. | (Am. Colleges) An instructor of a lower rank than a professor. | |
| v. t. | 1. | To have the guardianship or care of; to teach; to instruct. |
| 2. | To play the tutor toward; to treat with authority or severity. |
| Noun | 1. | tutor - a person who gives private instruction (as in singing or acting)Synonyms: private instructor, coach |
| Verb | 1. | tutor - be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction; "She tutored me in Spanish" |
| 2. | tutor - act as a guardian to someone |
TUTOR, civil law. A person who has been lawfully appointed to the care of
the person and property of a minor.
2. By the laws of Louisiana minors under the age of fourteen years, if
males, and under the age of twelve years, if females, are both, as to their
persons and their estates, placed under the authority of a tutor. Civ. Code,
art. 263. Above that age, and until their, majority or emancipation, they
are placed under the authority of a curator. Ibid.
| TUTOR - A Scripting language on PLATO systems from CDC. ["The TUTOR Language", Bruce Sherwood, Control Data, 1977]. |
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