Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Guardianship; tutelage.
  • noun The office of a tutor or instructor.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The office, duty, or care of a tutor; guardianship; tutelage.

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  • noun The duty of a tutor; tutelage

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  • noun teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately)

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Examples

  • This led in December 1788 to Frend's dismissal from his tutorship, meaning that he was forbidden from teaching but allowed to continue to reside at Jesus as a fellow.

    Annotations 2007

  • a member of the present senior class, well approved by the Faculty, offers as a candidate for a tutorship which is to become

    Letter from Joseph Caldwell to Col. William Polk, April 1, 1818 1818

  • "Under such charming tutorship," he murmured, gallantly.

    CHAPTER 14 2010

  • No Average GMAT score N/A Median GMAT score N/A Class Format % Lecture 15% % Case studies 15% % Simulations 5% % Team projects 10% % Other methods 55% Other methods include Individual participants presentation, In-company-projects, coaching-tutorship, invited corporate speakers Cohort-based?

    ESADE Business School 2010

  • One of my colleagues finished just six weeks into his ten-week tutorship.

    We Are So Unpopular That Everyone Wants To Join SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

  • While still in my first five weeks tutorship, my tutor took a day off.

    Homo Electric « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • Saul holds the Uke in his lap, like a steel guitar, and seems to strum backwards, but with more tutorship, I know he will be a star.

    charles statman Charles Statman 2009

  • Saul holds the Uke in his lap, like a steel guitar, and seems to strum backwards, but with more tutorship, I know he will be a star.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Charles Statman 2009

  • I judge Mbeki on a different scale, than, let's say, Arap Moi, the former Kenyan dictator, because Mbeki's of a purer pedigree and his tutorship was clean and democratic.

    Pius Kamau: Mbeki and the Butcher of Khartoum 2008

  • Mr. Tyrold hoped it was an entire discontinuance of all pupilage and tutorship; and that Dr. Orkborne might henceforth be considered as a mere family friend.

    Camilla 2008

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