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tutelar

Syllables: tu·tel·arUK/ˈtjuːtələ/US/ˈtuːtəlɚ/

tutelar adjective: serving as a guardian; protective; tutelary.

Adjective

tutelar (comparative more tutelar, superlative most tutelar)

  1. Serving as a guardian; protective; tutelary.

Noun

tutelar (plural tutelars)

  1. One that is tutelary.

tutelar meaning in Tamil

tutelar in Tamil

பாதுகாப்புக்குரிய

Synonyms of tutelar

All synonyms of tutelar

Forms of tutelar

Adjective
comparativemore tutelar
superlativemost tutelar
Noun
pluraltutelars

Origin of tutelar

From Latin tūtelāris, from tūtēla (“tutelage, guardianship; dependent, client”) + -āris (suffix used to form an adjective, usually from a noun, indicating a relationship or a pertaining to).

Questions about tutelar

What does tutelar mean?
Tutelar means serving as a guardian; protective; tutelary.
What is tutelar in Tamil?
Tutelar in Tamil is பாதுகாப்புக்குரிய. See Tutelar meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tutelar?
Tutelar can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce tutelar?
Tutelar is pronounced /ˈtjuːtələ/ (UK).

Words near tutelar in the dictionary

  1. tutee
  2. tutees
  3. tutela
  4. tutelage
  5. tutelages
  6. tutelar
  7. tutelaric
  8. tutelarie
  9. tutelaries
  10. tutelarily
  11. tutelarity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tutelar (page history and authors); tutelar (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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