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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tutor/ˈtjuːtə(r)/
noun
  • 1 a private teacher, typically one who teaches a single pupil or a very small group.

    chiefly Brit. a university or college teacher responsible for assigned students.

    US an assistant lecturer in a college or university.

  • 2 Brit. a book of instruction in a particular subject.
verb act as a tutor to.

■ work as a tutor.

– derivatives
tutorage noun,
tutorship noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. tutour or L. tutor, from tueri ‘to watch, guard’.
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