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tutee

tutee noun: a student of a tutor.

Noun

tutee (plural tutees)

  1. A student of a tutor.
    • [Tutor and] tutee. English "pupil." I met this queer coinage in two academic publications.1927, Edwin Deller, “The Contributors Column: Americanisms”, in American Speech, volume 2, number 4, page 214
    • To make sure the pairings were good ones, both tutor and tutee filled out an application, indicating interests, computer proficiency, and even language.2007, Julie Winkelstein, "Libraries help everyone into Internet age," Contra Costa Times (Califoronia), 23 Nov.
    Antonyms:
    tutor

Antonyms of tutee

Forms of tutee

pluraltutees

Origin of tutee

From tutor + -ee.

Questions about tutee

What does tutee mean?
Tutee means a student of a tutor.
What part of speech is tutee?
Tutee is a noun.
What is the plural of tutee?
The plural of tutee is tutees.

Words near tutee in the dictionary

  1. tutays
  2. tutball
  3. Tutbury
  4. Tutchone
  5. tute
  6. tutee
  7. tutees
  8. tutela
  9. tutelage
  10. tutelages
  11. tutelar

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