<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>A person employed to instruct another in some branch or branches of learning, especially a private instructor.</li><li>A teacher of academic rank lower than instructor in some American universities and colleges.</li><li>A teacher without institutional connection who assists students in preparing for examinations.</li><li>(especially at Oxford and Cambridge) A university officer, usually a fellow, responsible for teaching and supervising a number of undergraduates.</li><li>The guardian of a boy or girl below the age of puberty or majority.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>To act as a tutor to; teach or instruct, especially privately.</li><li>To have the guardianship, instruction, or care of.</li><li>To instruct underhandedly; coach: to tutor a witness before he testifies.</li><li>Archaic. To train, school, or discipline.</li><li>To admonish or reprove.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>To act as a tutor or private instructor.</li><li>To study privately with a tutor.</li></ul>