tutoress
(ˈtjuːtərɪs)
Also 7 tutoresse.
[f. tutor n. + -ess; cf. tutress.]
A female tutor. a. An instructress, a governess. Also fig.
| 1614 Raleigh Hist. World ii. (1634) 456 Jezebel had cunning enough to be his Tutoresse. 1675 H. Woolley Gentlewom. Comp. 4 A Gentlewoman every way accomplisht for a Tutoress to young Ladies. 1741 Richardson Pamela II. 125, I hope, from her good Example, and your friendship,..in time to be half as good as my Tutoress. 1781 H. Downman tr. Voltaire's Dram. Wks. I. 238 School'd by adversity, Great tutoress of mankind. 1830 Examiner 822/1 Let her trust to these, and not to any tutoress in acting. 1848 Thackeray Van. Fair xii, Love was Miss Amelia Sedley's last tutoress, and it was amazing what progress our young lady made under that popular teacher. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Jan. 14/1 University tutoresses promise to be numerous within the next few years. |
b. A female guardian.
| 1759 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 59/1 The king..and the Princess..are appointed honorary tutor and tutoress to her children. |