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tutor (TOO tuhr, TYOO tuhr) (noun)
1. A private instructor who gives additional, special, or remedial instruction to someone or others: "I was able to find a tutor who could help me with my math course."
2. A graduate, usually a fellow, responsible for the supervision of an undergraduate at some British universities: "She is a tutor in European history at this British university."
3. A teacher or teaching assistant in some universities and colleges having a rank lower than that of an instructor: "A tutor at the university was assigned to provide additional guidance to foreign students about the English language."
2. A graduate, usually a fellow, responsible for the supervision of an undergraduate at some British universities: "She is a tutor in European history at this British university."
3. A teacher or teaching assistant in some universities and colleges having a rank lower than that of an instructor: "A tutor at the university was assigned to provide additional guidance to foreign students about the English language."
tutor (TOO tuhr, TYOO tuhr) (verb)
To give extra academic instruction to someone as a teacher: "They were able to tutor foreign language students about English vocabulary in the evening."
"There are some teachers who stay after school to tutor students who need additional help in their subjects."
Tudor (TOO duhr, TYOO duhr) (noun)
1. An English ruling dynasty (1485-1603), including Henry VII and his descendants Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I: "There is a great deal of Tudor history to be learned about the rulers of England."
2. Of or relating to the royal monarchs of England: "When people study British history, they must not ignore the English royal family that descended from Sir Owen Tudor."
2. Of or relating to the royal monarchs of England: "When people study British history, they must not ignore the English royal family that descended from Sir Owen Tudor."
Tudor (TOO duhr, TYOO duhr) (adjective)
Relating to or characteristic of an architectural style having exposed beams as a typical feature: "The Tudor architecture employed large windows, many fireplaces, large bays, steep roofs, flattened arches, much carving, and paneling to make houses more livable."
The prince in the Tudor household always had his own tutor.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group T; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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