tutelage
noun
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The Latin verb tueri means "to look at" or "to guard." When tutelage first began appearing in print in the early 1600s, it was used mainly in the protective sense of tueri, as writers described serfs and peasants of earlier eras as being "under the tutelage of their lord." Over time, however, the word's meaning shifted away from guardianship and toward instruction. This pattern of meaning can also be seen in the related nouns tutor, which shifted from "a guardian" to "a private teacher," and tuition, which now typically refers to the cost of instruction but which originally referred to the protection, care, or custody by a parent or guardian over a child or ward.
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Ben Morse, CNN, 8 Feb. 2025
Under Jessell’s tutelage, the state university was recently named one of the top 100 institutions of higher learning in the country by U.S. News & World Report.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
Christie credited Walton and Brown for their tutelage after being named interim coach when Brown was fired in December.
—Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
According to Randy, his grandfather was playing a match with Gershwin when his wife gave birth to Randy’s father, Ronald, in 1937.
Schoenberg, who taught at UCLA, had a reputation as a gifted teacher whose tutelage held cachet.
—Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Tutelage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tutelage. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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