tutor
    n 1: a person who gives private instruction (as in singing,
         acting, etc.) [syn: coach, private instructor, tutor]
    v 1: be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction; "She
         tutored me in Spanish"
    2: act as a guardian to someone

Tutor \Tu"tor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tutored; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Tutoring.]
   1. To have the guardianship or care of; to teach; to
      instruct.
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            Their sons are well tutored by you.   --Shak.
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   2. To play the tutor toward; to treat with authority or
      severity. --Addison.
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Tutor \Tu"tor\, n. [OE. tutour, L. tutor, fr. tueri to watch,
   defend: cf. F. tuteur. Cf. Tuition.]
   One who guards, protects, watches over, or has the care of,
   some person or thing. Specifically: 
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   (a) A treasurer; a keeper. "Tutour of your treasure." --Piers
       Plowman.
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   (b) (Civ. Law) One who has the charge of a child or pupil and
       his estate; a guardian.
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   (c) A private or public teacher.
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   (d) (Eng. Universities) An officer or member of some hall,
       who instructs students, and is responsible for their
       discipline.
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   (e) (Am. Colleges) An instructor of a lower rank than a
       professor.
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TUTOR

   A Scripting language on PLATO systems from CDC.

   ["The TUTOR Language", Bruce Sherwood, Control Data, 1977].

TUTOR, civil law. A person who has been lawfully appointed to the care of 
the person and property of a minor. 
     2. By the laws of Louisiana minors under the age of fourteen years, if 
males, and under the age of twelve years, if females, are both, as to their 
persons and their estates, placed under the authority of a tutor. Civ. Code, 
art. 263. Above that age, and until their, majority or emancipation, they 
are placed under the authority of a curator. Ibid.