2. The state of being under a guardian; care or protection enjoyed. V. Knox.
Tutelar
(Tu"te*lar Tu"te*la*ry) a. [L. tutelaris: cf. F. tutélaire. See Tutelage.] Having the guardianship
or charge of protecting a person or a thing; guardian; protecting; as, tutelary goddesses.
This, of all advantages, is the greatest . . . the most tutelary of morals.
Landor. Tutele
(Tu"tele) n. [L. tutela: cf. F. tutelle. See Tutelage.] Tutelage. [Obs.] Howell.
Tutenag
(Tu"te*nag) n. [F. toutenague; cf. Pg. tutenaga, tutanaga. See Tutty.] (Metal.) (a) Crude
zinc. [India] (b) Packfong. [Written also tutenague.]
Tut-mouthed
(Tut"-mouthed`) a. Having a projecting under jaw; prognathous. [Obs.] Holland.
Tut-nose
(Tut"-nose`) n. A snub nose. [Prov. Eng.]
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. "Tutour of your treasure." 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.
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.
Tutorage
(Tu"tor*age) n. The office or occupation of a tutor; tutorship; guardianship.
Tutoress
(Tu"tor*ess) n. A woman who performs the duties of a tutor; an instructress. E. Moore.
Tutorial
(Tu*to"ri*al) a. [L. tutorius.] Of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or exercised by, a tutor.
Tutorism
(Tu"tor*ism) n. Tutorship. [R.]
Tutorize
(Tu"tor*ize) v. t. To teach; to instruct.
I . . . shall tutorize him some day.
J. H. Newman. Tutorship
(Tu"tor*ship), n. The office, duty, or care of a tutor; guardianship; tutelage. Hooker.
Tutory
(Tu"tor*y) n. Tutorage. [Obs.] Holinshed.
Tutress
(Tu"tress) n. Tutoress. [Obs.] Selden.
Tutrix
(Tu"trix) n. [L. See Tutor.] A female guardian; a tutoress. [R.] Smollett.
