tutor

Meanings

1. One who teaches another (usually called a student, learner, or tutee) in a one-on-one or small-group interaction.
2. A university officer responsible for students in a particular hall.
3. A homeroom.
4. One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian.

1. To instruct or teach, especially an individual or small group.
2. To treat with authority or sternness.

1. A card that allows one to search one's deck for one or more other cards.

1. To fetch a card from one's deck.

1. A surname.

Etymology

From Middle English tutour, from Old French tuteur (French tuteur), from Latin tūtor (“a watcher, protector, guardian”), from tueor (“protect”); see tuition.