tutor

Meanings

Noun

• One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.
• A university officer responsible for students in a particular hall.
• One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian.
• A card that allows one to search one's deck for one or more other cards.

Verb

• To instruct or teach, especially an individual or small group.
• To treat with authority or sternness.
• To fetch a card from one's deck.

Related

Similar words

• preceptor

Origin

• From Middle English tutour, from Old French tuteur (French tuteur), from Latin tūtor ("a watcher, protector, guardian"), from tueor; see tuition.
• , name of an early Magic: The Gathering card with this effect.