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tutoress

tutoress noun: a female tutor.

Noun

tutoress (plural tutoresses)

  1. (dated) A female tutor.
    • I offer ſubſcription; but always vnder reformation of that moſt honored Tutreſſes Pupils, which ſhall (omitting fabulous traſh) iudiciouſly inſtruct otherwiſe.1612, [John Selden], “The Eleuenth Song. Illustrations.”, in Michael Drayton, edited by [John Selden], Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other...
    • Fidelia shall be your tutoress.1748, Edward Moore, The Foundling
    Synonyms:
    instructress, tutrix

Synonyms of tutoress

Forms of tutoress

pluraltutoresses
alternative formtutress

Origin of tutoress

From tutor + -ess; compare tutress.

Questions about tutoress

What does tutoress mean?
Tutoress means a female tutor.
What part of speech is tutoress?
Tutoress is a noun.
What is the plural of tutoress?
The plural of tutoress is tutoresses.

Words near tutoress in the dictionary

  1. tutorage
  2. tutorages
  3. tutored
  4. tutorer
  5. tutorers
  6. tutoress
  7. tutoresses
  8. tutorest
  9. tutoreth
  10. tutorhood
  11. tutorial

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