tutor
• noun 1 a private teacher, typically one who teaches a single pupil or a very small group. 2 chiefly Brit. a university or college teacher responsible for assigned students. 3 Brit. a book of instruction in a particular subject. • verb act as a tutor to. — ORIGIN Latin, from tueri ‘to watch, guard’.
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