: a person charged with the instruction and guidance of another: such as
a
: a private teacher
b
: a teacher in a British university who gives individual instruction to undergraduates
tutored; tutoring; tutors
1
: to teach or guide usually individually in a special subject or for a particular purpose : coach
2
: to have the guardianship, tutelage, or care of
Examples of tutor in a Sentence
Noun
I got a tutor to help me with my homework.
He is a tutor in European history.
Verb
She earned extra money tutoring in the evening.
bought a video series designed to tutor a person in the fine art of decorating cakes
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Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
McCarthy’s chief counsel, Roy Cohn, famously served as one of Donald Trump’s early mentors, a tutor in the ideological and practical workings of American politics.
—Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
Imagine if Butler had been around to tutor Billy Hamilton.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
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Noun
To improve his grades the determined Ga-min (Hwang Min-hyun) tries various academic approaches—attending a cram school, using a tutor and finally transferring schools.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
McCarthy’s chief counsel, Roy Cohn, famously served as one of Donald Trump’s early mentors, a tutor in the ideological and practical workings of American politics.
—Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Verb
What happened was, my girlfriend, who’s now my wife, was already tutoring that boy in English.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
Imagine if Butler had been around to tutor Billy Hamilton.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Tutor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tutor. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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tutor
1 of 2 noun
tu·tor
ˈt(y)üt-ər 
: a person who has the responsibility of instructing and guiding another
tutor
2 of 2 verb
: to teach usually individually
Legal Definition
tutor
noun
tu·tor
ˈtü-tər, ˈtyü-tər
in the civil law of Louisiana
: a guardian of a minor or sometimes of a person with mental retardation compare committee, conservator, curator
tutorship
noun
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