Definition of tutor

• n. - One who guards, protects, watches over, or has the care of, some person or thing.
• n. - A treasurer; a keeper.
• n. - One who has the charge of a child or pupil and his estate; a guardian.
• n. - A private or public teacher.
• n. - An officer or member of some hall, who instructs students, and is responsible for their discipline.
• n. - An instructor of a lower rank than a professor.
• v. t. - To have the guardianship or care of; to teach; to instruct.
• v. t. - To play the tutor toward; to treat with authority or severity.