tutor English · revision 933

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈtjuːtə/, /ˈt͡ʃuːtə/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|tutour]], [[bor|fro|tutour|t=guardian, private teacher]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) [[der|la|tūtor|t=guardian, watcher]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) from ''tūtus'', past participle of ''tuērī'' “to watch over, guard”.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) It is related to [[tuition]] and [[tutelage]].^(Wiktionary)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A guardian or protector (1377); also the guardian of a minor and his property (1382).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ From the late 14th century the word also meant one who instructs another, a private teacher (1398 in the OED).^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) At Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin a ''tutor'' was a fellow responsible for the supervision of an undergraduate (c. 1610),^(OED 1989) and in American colleges a junior teacher below a professor (1828).^(OED 1989)^(RHWU) The legal sense of a guardian survives in Scots and Roman law.^(OED 1989)^(AHD) The verb dates from 1592.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1377 – a guardian or protector.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1398 – a private teacher.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1592 – verb, to teach privately.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * c. 1610 – a university tutor.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1742 – ''tutorial'' (adjective).^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1923 – ''tutorial'' (noun).^(Barnhart 1995)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A private teacher, or one who gives additional, special or remedial instruction to an individual or small group.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # At some British universities, a member of staff, usually a fellow, responsible for the teaching and supervision of undergraduates.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # In some American colleges, a teacher ranking below an [[instructor]].^(AHD)^(RHWU)

+ # ''(law)'' The guardian of a minor and of the minor's property.^(AHD)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To act as a tutor to; to teach privately.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To work as a tutor, or to study under one.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[untutored]]

+ * [[tutee]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[intuition]]

+ * [[tuition]]

+ * [[tutelage]]

+ * [[tutelar]]

+ * [[tutelary]]

+ * [[tutorial]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}